US Patent Issued to FRAMETEC ALPHA IP on Aug. 12 for "Wooden trusses manufactured using multiple printers" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,071, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FRAMETEC ALPHA IP LLC (Phoenix).

"Wooden trusses manufactured using multiple printers" was invented by Marvin M. Phelps (Cottonwood, Ariz.) and Joshua A. Lewis (Prescott Valley, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wooden truss includes an elongated lower chord, first and second upper chords, and web members extending therebetween. Alternatively, the wooden truss includes two elongated chords and web members extending therebetween. A member identifier is printed on a broad face of at least one of such chords to identify such chord before assembly of the wooden truss. An assembled truss identi...