US Patent Issued to Etex Australia, Etex Building Performance International on Sept. 15 for "Wall framing bracket and assembly" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,888, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Etex Australia PTY LTD (Matraville, Australia) and Etex Building Performance International SAS (Avignon, France).

"Wall framing bracket and assembly" was invented by Benjamin Neil Wright (Matraville, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wall framing bracket (10) for securing a header (12) to a stud (14). The bracket (10) includes aback-plate (16) configured to be secured to the stud (14), and opposed sides (18, 20) extending from the back-plate (16). The sides (18, 20) are spaced apart to allow arranging against, and fixing to, opposed surfaces (22, 24) of the header (12). One of the side...