ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,198, issued on April 8.
"Building construction" was invented by Herbert L. deNourie (Omaha, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wall construction, or other opaque structure of a building, includes a sequence of highly reflective insulation elements that block heat energy exchange across air spaces, combined with material insulation supporting a heat energy highly reflective surface of the highly reflective insulation element. A highly reflective insulation element is formed by enclosing an air space between surfaces, of which one or both of those surfaces is a heat energy highly reflective surface. The heat energy highly reflective...