ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,564, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Ascent Holdings LLC (Gig Harbor, Wash.).
"Access panel with mounting tabs" was invented by Tony J. Branham (Gig Harbor, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for covering an opening in a structural member, the assembly having a frame with at least two orifices formed in the frame, a cover structured for attachment to the frame, and at least two mounting members capable of being attached to the frame, each mounting member having a first end structured to be received in a respective orifice in the frame, each mounting member formed of a bendable material that enables a second end of the ...