US Patent Issued to VAN DER VLIS DESIGN on Oct. 20 for "Cutting and laying aid for cutting to size and laying floorboards in a herringbone pattern" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,177, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to VAN DER VLIS DESIGN GMBH (Bonn, Germany).

"Cutting and laying aid for cutting to size and laying floorboards in a herringbone pattern" was invented by Carl Ruland (Bonn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting and laying aid for cutting and laying floorboards of a floor covering includes floorboards in a herringbone pattern. The cutting and laying aid is a flat body having a flat body length and a flat body width. A method for cutting and laying floorboards when laying them in a herringbone pattern and a use of a cutting and laying aid are also related.The dimensions of the cutting and...