US Patent Issued to Knauf Gips on May 13 for "Frame, basic framework, module, profile and set of structural elements for modular construction and a modular-construction building" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,638, issued on May 13, was assigned to Knauf Gips KG (Iphofen, Germany).

"Frame, basic framework, module, profile and set of structural elements for modular construction and a modular-construction building" was invented by Joachim Binder (Purbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a frame, in particular a wall frame, which is intended for a preferably self-supporting basic framework of a module for modular construction and comprises two post profiles Which can be arranged essentially vertically and of which the upper ends can be connected to one another via a ceiling profile and the lower ends can be con...