ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,321, issued on July 14, was assigned to WILHELM LAYHER VERWALTUNGS-GMBH (Guglingen-Eibensbach, Germany).
"Framework support" was invented by Wolf C. Behrbohm (Besigheim-Ottmarsheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A framework support (10), in particular for a framework, a formwork structure or the like, comprises two U-shaped profile supports (14, 16) which are elongated in a framework support longitudinal direction, each with two profile legs (18, 20, 22, 24) and a profile web (26, 28) connecting the two profile legs (18, 20, 22, 24) to one another, wherein the two profile supports are detachably connected to one another by m...