US Patent Issued to OMG Building Products on March 25 for "Height adjustable hanger with compression member" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,749, issued on March 25, was assigned to OMG Building Products LLC (Agawam, Mass.).

"Height adjustable hanger with compression member" was invented by Peter Barenski Jr. (Stockbridge, Mass.), Logan Carlson (Wilbraham, Mass.), Timothy F. Gillis (Florence, Mass.), Arun Srinivasan Venkatesan (Feeding Hills, Mass.) and Frederick A. Enko (Westfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hanger for attaching a structural beam to a building substructure has a first panel spaced from a second panel with a web extending therebetween. The web includes a bias member or compression member for biasing a beam upward. The web may include an openi...