US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Dec. 9 for "Armoured joint-disruptive folded anchor rail" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,516, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Armoured joint-disruptive folded anchor rail" was invented by Greg Stephen Mason (Brisbane, Australia) and Ryan Rogers (Brisbane, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An armoured joint for protecting an edge of a first component formed of settable material and an edge of a second component formed of settable material at a joint, wherein the apparatus includes a first anchorage part for anchoring within the first component and a second anchorage part for anchoring within the second component, a first plate coupled to the first anchorage part, a secon...