ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,053, issued on April 21, was assigned to Klute Inc. (York, Neb.).
"Tag holder for galvanized steel structures" was invented by Jordan Klute (York, Neb.), Stacey Friesen (York, Neb.) and James Wagner (York, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for securing an information tag to metal structures during and after the galvanization process are described that permit fluids used during galvanization to flow through and around the tag holder. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a tag body defining one or more funnel structures, the funnel structure extending outwardly from the tag body to provide a weldi...