ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,318, issued on March 24, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Template" was invented by Jean-Luc Simonin (Bourg les Valence, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a template to guide the user when securing at least one cladding board on a brace lath, said template comprising at least one orifice for guiding at least one element for securing of the cladding board on the brace lath, at least one of said guide orifices being movable in the template."
The patent was filed on April 22, 2022, under Application No. 18/555,091.
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