ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,478, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Kofulso Co. Ltd (Incheon-si, South Korea).

"Side bracket for installation of sprinkler" was invented by Seung-il Oh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Side brackets for installing a sprinkler, installed on both ends of a support bar; standing parts formed at a distance of a width of the support bar; a first elongated hole in each of the standing parts; a top surface part having a first protruding part and a screw hole and pressing member; a first wing part with a second elongated hole; a second protruding part and a support part formed at an upper portion thereof; a second wing ...