ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,175, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Brand Shared Services LLC (Atlanta).

"Refractory anchors and eye-mounts" was invented by Spencer Andrew Reynaud (Edmonton, Canada), Cody William Douglas Burton (Edmonton, Canada), Todd Christopher Malo (Westerose, Canada) and Eduardo Fernando D'Oracio De Almeida (League City, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eye mount for a refractory anchor includes a mounting base and an attachment head extending from the mounting base. The attachment head includes a through-hole and a saddle channel. The saddle channel includes two side portions formed integrally with the attachment head, and a curved...