ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,658, issued on April 7, was assigned to MBRICO LLC (Bettendorf, Iowa).
"Tile and support structure for vertical mounting tiles" was invented by Mark A. McManus (Bettendorf, Iowa) and Jason McManus (Bettendorf, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One illustrative embodiment of a tile & support structure may be configured to secure the position of a tile in a generally vertical configuration, such as the riser of a step, as a border around a portion of a deck, a building and/or wall facade, ventilated facade, interior or exterior wall covering, or other generally vertical surface. The support structure may be formed with a spine having...