ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,253, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Joto-Vent System USA Inc. (Redmond, Wash.).
"Foundation packing" was invented by Hiroyuki Nakanishi (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foundation packing 1 includes a pair of long packing main bodies 2 and connectors 3. The paired long packing main bodies 2 include a first packing main body 11 and a second packing main body 12. The connectors 3 bridge the paired packing main bodies 2. The connectors 3 are provided at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the paired packing main bodies 2. The first packing main body 11 includes a long top plate 21, a long bottom plate 22, vertic...