US Patent Issued on Feb. 11 for "Resilient channel complement that gives a seam of drywall panels in ceilings a shallow cathedral uprise" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,792, issued on Feb. 11.

"Resilient channel complement that gives a seam of drywall panels in ceilings a shallow cathedral uprise" was invented by Markham Wheeler (Strafford, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the broad class of building construction, the invention relates to single leg, resilient, sheet metal channels used as a decoupling means between steel or wooden framed ceilings to separate the building structure from drywall. This effectively reduces sound transmission through the floor and out of the ceiling. A single leg, resilient, sheet metal channel complement in accordance with the invention gives to a seam of drywall ...