US Patent Issued to GP Building Products Services on Jan. 20 for "Polymeric sleeve for self sealing fastener in building panel, sheathing panel containing the same and method of using the same" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,168, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to GP Building Products Services LLC (Atlanta).

"Polymeric sleeve for self sealing fastener in building panel, sheathing panel containing the same and method of using the same" was invented by Richard D. Jordan (Dacula, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener sleeve is described, including a collating sleeve body and a plurality of cylindrical sheaths in the collating sleeve body, each cylindrical sheath engageable with a fastener. A sheathing panel is also described, including at least one barrier overlay secured to a panel, a plurality of fasteners engaged in the barrier overlay and the pa...