ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,402, issued on March 11, was assigned to Allface Befestigungstechnologie GmbH (Leobersdorf, Austria).
"Bracket arrangement for horizontally arranged profiled supports" was invented by Johannes Mitterbacher (Vienna) and Hans Jorg Drobesch (Klagenfurt, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a bracket arrangement for receiving horizontally arranged profiled supports (4), preferably for fastening facade panels, wherein the bracket (2) has a fastening leg (6), a supporting leg (7) and a bracket head (5), wherein the supporting leg (7) and the bracket head (5) have a receiving slot (9) for receiving the profiled s...