ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,371, issued on Sept. 23.
"Dust containment assembly" was invented by Eric Strahan (Watertown, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dust containment assembly includes a box that has an open side which can be placed against a gypsum wall panel. The box has a pair of hand openings extending through the box to facilitate a user to access the area of gypsum wall panel that is covered by the box. The box is comprised of a fluid impermeable material to inhibit dust from escaping the box. A pair of sleeves is each coupled to the box and each of the sleeves is aligned with a respective one of the hand openings. Each of the sleeves can inse...