ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,855, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to MBRICO LLC (Bettendorf, Iowa).
"Pedestal and support structure for tile" 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: "A support structure configured for attachment to a pedestal upper surface with a support structure spine extending upward from the support structure; a first support structure rail and second support structure rail each extending perpendicularly outward from the support structure spine. A tile comprising a groove formed in at least one of the plurality of side edges; wherein the groove of the at least one o...