ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,568, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Hohmann & Barnard Inc. (Hauppauge, N.Y.).

"Thermal brick support mounting bracket" was invented by Christopher Mason (Hauppauge, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal brick support system includes a mounting bracket and a shelf. The mounting bracket has a mounting plate and a pair of spaced apart legs extending from the mounting bracket. The legs extend perpendicular from the mounting plate and each have an extension portion extending from the mounting plate and a depending portion depending from the extension portion. The extension portion spaces the depending portion from a plane defi...