ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,755, issued on March 25, was assigned to MTEC LLC (Las Vegas).
"Sound isolation assemblies for walls supporting heavy loads" was invented by Michael Ray Gernhart (Aurora, Ore.), Dalton Michael Jeffery Gernhart (Aurora, Ore.) and Elzo Forrest Gernhart (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sound isolation assembly comprising: one or more backing plates; one or more acoustic isolators; and a backing block. The acoustic isolators may be secured between the backing plates and the backing block when the backing plates are fastened to the backing block. When the backing plates are fastened to the backing block, the backing plates are...