ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,784, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Columbia Insurance Co. (Omaha, Neb.).
"Flooring edge tools" was invented by Daniel Tumlin (Cartersville, Ga.), William Drew Pierce (Cartersville, Ga.), Chavis Williams (Omaha, Neb.) and John Moore (Omaha, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held or table-mounted tool for adhering a flooring edge finish to a flooring edge. The hand-held tool includes a main body, which can include a handle, a base, and a bi-level soleplate, which is heated during application to adhere a flooring edge finish to a flooring edge. The soleplate of the tool can be made of polymer, carbon, metal, ceramic, glas...