US Patent Issued to COLUMBIA INSURANCE on Jan. 13 for "Layered composite articles and methods of making same" (Georgia, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,962, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY (Omaha, Neb.).

"Layered composite articles and methods of making same" was invented by James Burns (Rocky Face, Ga.), Tom Odum (Tunnel Hill, Ga.), Jay Vecsey (Canton, Ga.), Jean Briere (Ooltewah, Tenn.) and Derek Bass (Cartersville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are layered composite articles comprising: a) a rigid backing portion comprising a rigid core having a first surface and an opposed second surface, wherein the rigid core comprises at least one densified fiber batt and wherein the at least one densified fiber batt is comprised of a first plurali...