ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,158, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Mixtiles Ltd. (Tel-Aviv Yaffo, Israel).
"Wall hanging decorative assembly having a flexible strip with removable adhesive and a non-adhesive gap" was invented by Ziv Botzer (Pardes-Hanna, Israel) and Nir Yaacov Beit-Av (Mevo Hama, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decorative object assembly for attachment to a vertical surface includes a substantially planar decorative block defining an upper edge and a lower edge. A flexible planar strip is made of a thermoplastic polymer, and defines an upper edge parallel to the upper edge of the block, a lower edge parallel to the lower edge of the bl...