ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,261, issued on Nov. 11.
"Coating cover for roofs of buildings" was invented by Mauro Menegoli (San Pietro in Cariano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating cover with a metal structure for roofs of buildings comprises a plurality of slabs of substantially quadrilateral shape, each of which is provided with lateral edges that are parallel and opposite to one another for mutual connection between adjacent slabs in a longitudinal direction and for formation of a joint positioned between each of the adjacent slabs. The lateral edges comprise a first set of folds at least partially symmetrical on the two edges. The lateral edges ...