US Patent Issued to Bruce Honore on Feb. 11 for "Multi-purpose screed device / exterior wall cavity ventilation system" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,791, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Bruce Honore (Houston).

"Multi-purpose screed device / exterior wall cavity ventilation system" was invented by Bruce Honore III (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the represent disclosure provides a multi-purpose screed device suitable to provide draining and/or ventilation at various locations of exterior walls in a building. The multi-purpose screed device is compatible with exterior walls with a rain screen disposed outside a weather-resistant barrier layer. The multi-purpose screed device may use a foundation weep screed, overhang soffit screed, and soffit ventilation."...