US Patent Issued to L&P Property Management on Oct. 28 for "Pocketed buckling member assembly" (Arkansas, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,426, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to L&P Property Management Co. (Carthage, Mo.).

"Pocketed buckling member assembly" was invented by Bruce W. Peterson (Austin, Texas), Matthew D. McKnight (Fort Smith, Ark.) and Takayuki Hironaka (Fort Smith, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pocketed buckling member assembly comprises a plurality of parallel strings of pocketed buckling members. Each string is joined to at least one adjacent string. Each string comprising one piece of fabric folded around the buckling members into first and second opposed plies. Pockets are formed along each string by transverse seams joining the first and se...