ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,911, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Innovatech Systems LLC (Kanarraville, Utah).
"Seismic clip assembly for wall claddings" was invented by Robert Hale (Rogers, Ark.), Jacob Gillip (Rogers, Ark.) and Craig W Storch (Cedar City, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seismic clip assembly features a U-shaped clip fastened to a structure at its base, and a threaded rod passing through a first flange and a second flange of the U-shaped clip, the threaded rod coupling the U-shaped clip to a subframe structure (e.g., HSS post), with the HSS post fastened to an IMP (or other cladding system). The threaded rod passes through a first elon...