ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,782, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Ineco Holding AG (Switzerland).
"Thermally insulating mount for facades" was invented by Samuel Bregenzer (Wolfhausen, Switzerland) and Joel Studer (Wald, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermally insulating mount (3) for attaching a front structure to a supporting structure has the following components: a) a base part (4), which has a base surface (5.1) for stable support on the supporting structure and a spacer plate holder (7) perpendicular to the base surface (5.1); b) a spacer plate (9) made of a thermally insulating material, wherein the spacer plate has an inner end section ...