ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,514, issued on June 17, was assigned to Porta-Fab Corp. (Chesterfield, Mo.).
"Structural stud post with thermal break" was invented by Wayne McGee (Chesterfield, Mo.), Steve Skikas (St. Charles, Mo.) and Trace Woodrum (Ballwin, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structural stud post assembly comprising a center receiver section having opposing receiver channels formed by side walls and angled flanges, and a pair of raceway inserts also defining a raceway channel for accepting wiring and equipment to be disposed in the raceway. The raceways can be installed in the receiver channels to accept and accommodate wiring and equipment. The...