US Patent Issued to STOCKTON PRODUCTS on May 12 for "Casing bead" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,552, issued on May 12, was assigned to STOCKTON PRODUCTS (Las Vegas).

"Casing bead" was invented by Kurt Meiswinkel (Hillsborough, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casing bead having a J- or J-spur shape comprises, consists essentially of, or consists of an item, e.g., sheet metal, formed in a bent shape. The shape is formed of a first section, followed by a second section, a third section, and a fourth section. Alone, the casing bead's first and fourth sections may have interior uninterrupted facing surfaces, and the second section is substantially perpendicular to the first and fourth sections."

The patent was filed on June ...