US Patent Issued to GNB Global on April 14 for "C-clamp body and method of manufacture thereof for securing a flexible building wall panel under tension" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,194, issued on April 14, was assigned to GNB Global Inc. (Selkirk, Canada).

"C-clamp body and method of manufacture thereof for securing a flexible building wall panel under tension" was invented by Joseph Kuffner (Selkirk, Canada), Ryan Brand Hunter (Selkirk, Canada) and Alexander Paul Lentowich (Selkirk, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp apparatus is used for securing one end of a flexible sheet spanning under tension across a building opening relative to a perimeter beam along the edge of the building opening. The clamp apparatus has a C-shaped channel body having (i) a first flange with a threaded bore therein to rec...