ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,144, issued on March 25.

"Baseboard heater booster" was invented by Christopher F. Hoth (Gales Ferry, Conn.), Mark D. Blanchard (Fleming Island, Fla.), Doug F. Melville Jr. (Simsbury, Conn.), Bruce Peter Popek (South Windsor, Conn.) and Mark B. Williams (Moss Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baseboard booster article including a booster housing, wherein the booster housing defines a housing cavity and a housing bottom opening and includes a housing top having at least one top opening. The baseboard booster article further includes a booster support structure, wherein the booster support structure is disposed within the...