ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,780, issued on Oct. 21.
"Moisture porous building furring strip" was invented by Brian Iverson (Ham Lake, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rigid moisture and air porous building furring strip for building walls and certain roof structures has an elongate outer facer sheet and an elongate inner facer sheet with an outer face. An open cellular core is sealed to and between the facer sheets that is porous to both air and moisture. A soft self-sealing butyl-like adhesive layer is optionally on the outer face of the inner face sheet for attachment of the furring strip to the outside of the build and underneath exterior cladding."
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