ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,479, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hohmann & Barnard Inc. (Hauppauge, N.Y.).
"Rainscreen support system" was invented by Christopher Mason (Queens, N.Y.) and Robert Lopez (Queens, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rainscreen support system includes a pair of backup wall brackets having a baseplate, an extension leg extending outwardly from and transverse to the baseplate and a fastening finger extending from an end of the finger transverse to the extension leg. The fastening fingers having a thickness. An adjustable vertical support member has a mounting leg and a transverse leg. The mounting leg has openings that correspond...