US Patent Issued to Hilti on Aug. 19 for "Sealing device for the edge joint of drywall, drywall, as well as a method for producing drywall" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,132, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Hilti AG (Schaan, Liechtenstein).

"Sealing device for the edge joint of drywall, drywall, as well as a method for producing drywall" was invented by Christian Forg (Buchloe, Germany) and Manfred Klein (Kaufering, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing device can be used for sealing an edge joint between cladding of drywall and an adjacent floor, wall, or ceiling. The sealing device contains a one-piece sealing profile, containing a bearing web which is opposite a circumferential side of the cladding, a fastening web running parallel to the bearing web for fastening the sealing profile...