ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,857, issued on May 26, was assigned to Nortek Air Solutions LLC (Okarche, Okla.).

"Ceiling support system" was invented by Zareer Cursetjee (Happy Valley, Ore.), David L. Baugh (Tualatin, Ore.) and Silas J. Lortz (Tualatin, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleanroom ceiling support system can include a ceiling support section. The ceiling support section can include a set of perimeter sticks, a set of interior runner sticks, a set of interior cross sticks, a first mounting bracket, and a second mounting bracket. The set of interior runner sticks can be configured to be assembled within a perimeter defined by the set of perimeter ...