ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,778, issued on Aug. 5.
"Method of attaching molding, trim, or panels to structures" was invented by Robert Dean Elzner (Pocatello, Idaho) and Jason Woodland (Chubbuck, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel mounting system for mounting building materials to a building surface includes a rigid cleat fixed with the building surface. Multiple building panels each have a cleat depression formed in a rear surface for receiving the cleat. Each edge of the building panel interlocks with an adjacent panel so that all of the building panels hold each other together against the building surface along with the cleat. Some of the building p...