ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,819, issued on June 23, was assigned to GRIFF AND ASSOCIATES LP (Fallsington, Pa.).
"Roof membrane with a folded release liner" was invented by Timothy Roche (Bristol, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roof membrane has two release liners that meet at a split seam. One of the release liners has an integral pull tab formed by a fold. The pull tab enables that release liner to be easily pulled from the adhesive on the second surface of the roof membrane. The fold may define a living hinge that causes the pull tab to be biased form a folded position to an extended position when the first release liner that overlaps the second release...