ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,940, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to MiTek Holdings Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Ceiling suspension bracket" was invented by Per Ove Karlsson (Eksj, Sweden), Stefan Asberg (Boxholm, Sweden), Bo Starby (Eksjo, Sweden) and Peter Koski (Huskvarna, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bracket (1) for holding a suspended ceiling has a first end (2) for anchoring the bracket (1) to a beam or the like of a building structure and a second end (3) to which a mounting profile is attachable on which a building panel is mountable. The bracket (1) has a rectangular and flat part (4) that in use is horizontally arranged between the first and se...