ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,808, issued on June 23, was assigned to P & W Construction Materials and Consulting Ltd (Canmore, Canada).
"Brackets for insulated concrete forms and methods of manufacturing and installation thereof" was invented by Pat Cymbala (Canmore, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Existing systems require the installation of joists directly to a partially cast hanger or bracket or to the joist hanger. The present disclosure is related to the brackets for use in ICF systems allowing joist hangers to be directly mechanically attached to brackets obviating the need for the use of ledgers. A bracket includes a plate having one or more anchor ...