ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,806, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Garland Industries Inc. (Independence, Ohio).
"Roof sloping system" was invented by Jon McGuire (Cleveland), Julie A. Geyer (Cleveland), Jason D. Smith (Cleveland), Matthew McDermott (Cleveland) and Melissa Rus (Cleveland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sloping compound and method for using the sloping compound on building surfaces and/or ground surfaces to limit or prevent ponding of liquids on such surfaces. The sloping compound is formed of a binder and one or more different filler materials."
The patent was filed on July 10, 2024, under Application No. 18/768,671.
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