ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,939, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to LJ AVALON LLC (Tampa, Fla.).

"Portable decorative acoustical blocking system" was invented by Lahnie Johnson (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable acoustical blocking system is disclosed for use with a support comprising a sheet of acoustical blocking material bound by material edge. A reinforcing tape is affixed to the sheet of acoustical blocking material adjacent to the material edge. A decorative component comprising a flexible substrate with a decorative image is located adjacent to the acoustical blocking material. A plurality of hangers are secured to the sheet of acoust...