ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,063, issued on June 16, was assigned to MERKLE INTERNATIONAL INC. (Galena, Ill.).
"Structure hanger for refractory" was invented by Shawn E. Story (Deerfield, Ill.) and Timothy Park (Dubuque, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure hanger for suspending bricks and brick structures in a high temperature furnace. The structure hanger has a plurality of column arms, at least one upper flange and at least one lower flange. Each column arm can extend between one upper flange and one lower flange of the structure hanger. Each column arm can have a curved shape. At least one lower flange can be removably attached or removably secure...