ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,041, issued on July 1, was assigned to LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP. (Nashville, Tenn.).
"Integrated joint sealing system" was invented by Brian St. Germain (Mt. Juliet, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated joint sealing system that is incorporated into the edges of a sheathing panel, which also may have a factory bonded weather resistive barrier. The edges of each panel are configured as a shiplap joint, or similarly functioning joint, that is present as either an overlap or underlap on each of the four panel edges. The arrangement of the joints are such that one edge will have an overlap and the opposite edge will have an un...