US Patent Issued to DTM INNOVATIONS on Sept. 15 for "Lippage control system with stretchable strap portion" (Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,898, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to DTM INNOVATIONS LLC (Metairie, La.).

"Lippage control system with stretchable strap portion" was invented by Roland Toca (New Orleans), Michele Volponi (Metairie, La.) and Darrin Godbold (Metairie, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tile aligning and lippage tuning system that uses a single piece base and strap which is designed to break away from the base when sufficient pressure is applied and is also designed to stretch along a thin wall region before separation of the strap from the base occurs."

The patent was filed on June 3, 2024, under Application No. 18/732,224.

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