US Patent Issued to The Gilman Brothers on July 28 for "Semi-rigid display board" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,660, issued on July 28, was assigned to The Gilman Brothers Co. (Gilman, Conn.).

"Semi-rigid display board" was invented by Donald R. Dressler (Glastonbury, Conn.), Evan Gilman (Gilman, Conn.), Cyrus Gilman (Gilman, Conn.) and Vincent Postemski (Lebanon, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display board has a foam core with elastomeric properties with a first display layer affixed on one side and optionally a second display layer affixed on a second side. The elastic foam core can have a closed cell structure and be made from a thermoplastic. The display layers can be heat welded directly to the respective sides of the core with o...