ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,815, issued on June 23, was assigned to USG INTERIORS LLC (Chicago).
"Linear metal ceilings" was invented by Abraham M. Underkofler (Salem, Wis.) and Peder J. Gulbrandsen (Aurora, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a carrier adapted to be fixed to the face of a grid tee, such as by screws, with spaced depending flanges that are formed with panel supporting hooks. The hooks are configured to support a variety of panel cross-sections and provide a strong coupling with complementarily shaped panel flanges."
The patent was filed on Sept. 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/466,942.
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