ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,552, issued on April 14, was assigned to HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY (Hickory, N.C.).
"Expandable foam corner protector" was invented by Samantha Fisher (Hickory, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable foam corner protector is provided. The expandable foam corner protector includes (i) a first L-shaped bracketing portion; (ii) a second L-shaped bracketing portion; and (iii) an interior channel portion, which is located between the bracketing portions, including a plurality of arc-shaped cuts extending through a thickness in a Z-direction of the interior channel portion. At least a portion of the arc-shaped cuts ...