ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,501, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to TRIM-LOK INC. (Buena Park, Calif.).
"Slide seal for corners" was invented by Kelly Klein (Elkhart, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide seal for an RV to seal the space in between the corner of a slide-out room of the RV and a wall of the RV, the slide seal having a base to fasten to the wall, a flap seal extending from the base at one end, a bulb seal extending perpendicular to the base at an opposite end, a horn extending from the bulb seal, curving upwardly from the bulb seal and away from the flap seal, and a notch created through the flap seal and the base to create two sections o...