ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,498, issued on July 15, was assigned to ALPINE OVERHEAD DOORS INC. (East Setauket, N.Y.).
"Method of forming a maintenance-free rolling door vacuum slat" was invented by Michael Magro (Stony Brook, N.Y.) and Sebastian Magro (Stony Brook, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming maintenance-free rolling door vacuum slats includes an elongate tubular member forming a cavity with a substantially uniform cross-sectional configuration along its length and forming first and second opposing ends conforming to the cross-sectional configuration. A first cap seals the first end. A second cap seals the second end, a vacuum being ...