US Patent Issued to Schluter Systems on Sept. 9 for "Laminated foam composite backer board for wet space construction" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,620, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Schluter Systems LP (Plattsburgh, N.Y.).

"Laminated foam composite backer board for wet space construction" was invented by Peter Nielsen (Creer, N.C.) and William M. DeJesus (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite backer board for wet space construction is disclosed, along with a method of producing the backer board. The board includes a rigid foam core of a suitable thickness for wet space construction. A first fabric layer is fixed to at least one face of the rigid foam core with a polymeric adhesive. A first polymer layer is on the first fabric layer in which the polyme...