US Patent Issued to Lightning Protection Systems on March 17 for "Low-profile, after-aligned, universal point mount" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,376, issued on March 17, was assigned to Lightning Protection Systems LLC (North Salt Lake, Utah).

"Low-profile, after-aligned, universal point mount" was invented by Kirk Partridge (Park City, Utah), Todd Vought (Park City, Utah) and Travis Vought (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor for lightning protection systems includes a base and pad that extend over a sufficient area and a sufficient bearing length to hold in shear and in tension against the weight, shear force, and moment of cables, points, and other components of a lightning protection systems. A universal point mount may be forged to optimize cross sec...