ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,059, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ORTAL-HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS LTD. (Hod Hasharon, Israel).

"Log-like block for a gas burner and a method for producing the same" was invented by Benjamin-Tal Gross (Hod Hasharon, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A log-like block for a gas burner is provided. The block having a pipe with a distal part at least partially made of flexible material and associated with at least one distal end of the pipe, and a pipe proximal part associated with a proximal end of the pipe. The block further includes a passage with shape and dimensions corresponding to those of the distal part. The di...