ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,787, issued on April 29, was assigned to AWI Licensing LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Gasketed ceiling system" was invented by William H. Frantz (Elizabethtown, Pa.) and Peter J. Oleske (Lancaster, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspended ceiling system in one embodiment includes a grid support member and a ceiling panel supported on the member. A resiliently compressible gasket is disposed at the interface between the grid support member and peripheral edge of the panel. The gasket may be fixedly attached to the panel peripheral edge in the factory under controlled conditions before shipment to the ceiling installation site. In one e...