ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,783, issued on April 29, was assigned to ACO AHLMANN SE & Co. KG (Budelsdorf, Germany).
"Gutter system, cover unit and securing element" was invented by Arne Stoltenberg (Budelsdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a gutter system (1) comprising at least one frame unit (10), at least one cover unit (20) and at least one securing element (30), wherein the frame unit (10) comprises at least one receiving area (12) for arranging the cover unit (20), and wherein the securing element (30) is adapted to engage in the cover unit (20) and to releasably engage in the receiving area (12) so the cover unit (20) ca...