US Patent Issued to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT on Sept. 1 for "Support spline for tray and methods for making and installing same" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,106, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Corp. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Support spline for tray and methods for making and installing same" was invented by Diana Rodriguez (Mansfield, Texas) and Anthony Lynn Williams (Fort Worth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support spline to provide support for a tray includes a generally planar main body that includes a top edge, a bottom edge, two lateral edges and an opening in a central portion of the main body that extends from the central portion of the main body to the top edge of the main body. Additionally, at least one upper flange extends away from the top...