ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,779, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to GERMANS BOADA S.A. (Rubi, Spain).
"Protective device for ceramic pieces" was invented by Santiago Sanchez Gomez (Rubi, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a protective device for ceramic pieces, said device suitable for resting on the upper surface of at least two ceramic pieces (40, 41) and which forms a bearing surface for a tightening element (204, 305) of a spacer-leveller device (20, 30) for ceramic pieces. The protective device comprises: a lower bearing surface (101) on the ceramic pieces (40, 41) to be installed; an upper surface (102) comprising a first ...