ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,726, issued on March 24, was assigned to Zephyr Ventilation LLC (Alameda, Calif.).
"Mounting flange" was invented by Jeremy Snider (Alameda, Calif.) and I-Hsuan Chang (Taiwan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting flange having an insert with an exposed flange, an insert channel wall extending from the exposed flange, the channel wall defining an inner surface and an outer surface; and an anchor with an anchor flange, an anchor channel wall extending from the anchor flange, the channel wall defining an inner surface and an outer surface. One of the inner surface and outer surface of the insert channel wall defines a plural...