ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,940, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Johns Manville (Denver).
"Self-adhering duct insulation product" was invented by Riley Peters (Denver), Nicholas O'Kane (Centennial, Colo.), Ames Kulprathipanja (Broomfield, Colo.) and Jerry Kenneth Powell (Weatherford, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A duct insulation product may include an insulation material and a moisture barrier material coupled with the insulation material. The moisture barrier material may form an outer surface of the duct insulation product. The moisture barrier material may include at least one closure flap along at least one side of the moisture barrier material...