ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,276, issued on June 2, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).
"Sealing profile for edge joints, drywall, and method for fastening" was invented by Christian Forg (Buchloe, Germany) and Manfred Klein (Kaufering, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing profile can be used for sealing an edge joint between a cladding part of drywall and an adjacent floor, wall, or ceiling. The sealing profile contains a base body having an assembly side, which forms a support for the cladding part, and a fastening portion having a fastening side. The base body has fastening openings which are at a distance from one another in the dire...