US Patent Issued to Monarch Materials Group on Nov. 4 for "System to repair sheet metal barriers, including devices and methods of use" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,061, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Monarch Materials Group Inc. (Adel, Iowa).

"System to repair sheet metal barriers, including devices and methods of use" was invented by Jarrad W. Lehman (Adel, Iowa) and Andrew S. Kollenkark (Adel, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are implementations of a system and related devices and methods for repairing damaged sheet material, typically the sheet metal retaining barrier of a basement window well. The disclosed material comprises a flexible, H-shaped or Y-shaped elongate body, referred to herein as a repair strip, that is used to connect two portions of sheet material."

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