ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,181, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Gordon Sales Inc. (Bossier City, La.).

"Telescoping wall gap filler assembly" was invented by Imack Laydera-Collins (Benton, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gap filler assembly for filling or covering a gap between an interior partition wall and an exterior wall of a building. Two slidingly engaged frame members define an interior cavity that has a variable volume. Disposed within the interior cavity is a biasing member configured to exert a force on a first frame member in a direction away from a second frame member for compressing the frame members between the interior partition wall and...