US Patent Issued to KLD IP Holdings on May 12 for "Building block, system and methods" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,547, issued on May 12, was assigned to KLD IP Holdings LLC (Neosho, Mo.).

"Building block, system and methods" was invented by John J. Gran (Elkhorn, Neb.) and Daniel J. Thiele (Omaha, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Building blocks include a tongue and groove on each block that allow the blocks to be placed in a way that interlocks the tongue and groove of one block with the corresponding groove and tongue, respectively, of another block facing the opposite direction. In a first embodiment, the same building block that has a decorative front face is used for both sides of the wall, resulting in a wall with opposed finished surfac...