ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,105, issued on May 20, was assigned to International Wood Products LLC (Clackamas, Ore.).
"Template and spacing tool for deck construction" was invented by Edith Marie Schaller (Oregon City, Ore.), Dustin John Gray (Oregon City, Ore.) and Theodore Cooper Searle III (Tualatin, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a general aspect, a construction tool can include a template portion arranged in a first plane. The template portion can include a rectangular plate having a slot defined, the slot being angled with respect to an edge of the plate and configured to facilitate marking a cut line on a construction material. The construction t...