US Patent Issued to Masonite on Sept. 30 for "Screw insert and method of using thereof" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,081, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Masonite Corp. (Tampa, Fla.).

"Screw insert and method of using thereof" was invented by Robert C. Allen (Elburn, Ill.) and Race C. Natta (Highland Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screw insert configured for repairing a stripped screw hole. The screw insert comprises three elongated prongs each having a distal end and a proximal end. The three elongated prongs are hingedly connected to each other only at the proximal ends thereof. The three elongated prongs are equiangularly spaced from each other so that longitudinal axes thereof are spaced apart. Each of the prongs has an outer ...