US Patent Issued to Hilti on June 30 for "Method and system for leveling a fastening element to be anchored in a substrate" (German, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,142, issued on June 30, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Method and system for leveling a fastening element to be anchored in a substrate" was invented by Martin Kuhn (Munich), Christian Hefele (Breitenbrunn, Germany) and Oliver Baumann (Manly, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can be used for leveling a fastening element to be anchored in a substrate, with fastening element used, for example, for mounting a parapet or glazing. The method involves installing an anchor in the substrate; attaching an adjustment element that is height-adjustable along the anchor to the anchor; and arranging the fastenin...