ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,200, issued on Oct. 14.
"Device for fastening a finishing strip" was invented by Franz Neuhofer (Zell am Moos, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for fastening an end strip (9) has a mounting bracket (1) forming a wall leg (3). The mounting bracket comprises a receiving web (8) that protrudes upwardly and is arranged offset transversely to the wall leg (3), and engages into a downwardly open receiving groove (10) of the end strip (9) to clampingly accommodate the end strip (9), and further comprises an elastic securing tongue (11) that is bent out of the receiving web (8) and latches into a latching recess (18) of the en...