ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,997, issued on March 25, was assigned to GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG (Jona, Switzerland).
"Wall anchor" was invented by Manuel Lechner (Kaltbrunn, Switzerland) and Urs Spani (Wollerau, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wall anchor (1), having an anchor plate (2) with a front face (3) and a rear face (4), a fixing portion (5) which protrudes from the front face (4) of the anchor plate (2), which extends along a centre axis (M) and has a threaded structure (6) for receiving an anchor bolt (7), and two hooks (8, 9) which protrude from the rear face (4) of the anchor plate (2). The hooks (8, 9) are configured such that the wall ...