ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,605, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Vermont Slate & Copper Services Inc. (Morrisville, Vt.).
"Ice retention assembly" was invented by Brian Stearns (Tucson, Ariz.), Kris Michaud (Morrisville, Vt.) and Crystal Fletcher (Morrisville, Vt.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to ice retention assemblies for buildings. The ice retention assemblies may comprise a body, a seal and a fastener. The body may have a base portion and a top portion. The top portion may be removable from the base portion. The base portion may defining a channel that is configured to receive a fastener. The base portion may have a gener...