ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,300, issued on July 14, was assigned to Innovation Glass LLC (Tivoli, N.Y.).

"System and method for tension bar gravity support for glass fin wall" was invented by Franz Safford (Tivoli, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass panel support for use with a glass fin wall and configured to be coupled to a building structure. The glass panel support may comprise an anchor, a tension bar, and a gravity plate. The anchor may be configured to be coupled to the building structure. The tension bar may be coupled to the anchor and extends downwardly therefrom. The gravity plate may comprise a pair of opposing support arms that extend outw...