ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,911, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAS IP LLC (Peoria, Ariz.).

"Crown elements, baseboard elements, splines, and related methods" was invented by Phil De La O (Glendale, Ariz.) and William Michael Hatch (Peoria, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprising a first baseboard element, a second baseboard element, and a spline configured to couple with the first baseboard element and the second baseboard element. Another system comprising a first crown element, a second crown element, and a spline configured to couple with the first crown element and the second crown element. Other embodiments are disclosed herein."

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