ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,263, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SFS Group International AG (Heerbrugg, Switzerland).
"Facade fastening system having profile elements" was invented by Hanspeter Kuster (Balgach, Switzerland), Roland Mair (Gotzis, Austria) and Ben Kemp (Hartfield Broad Oak, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A profile element for attachment to the rear side of a facade panel, which in turn is fastened to a base such as a building surface or substructure. The profile element is formed in one piece and includes three functional sections arranged one after another: a fixing section for fixing the profile element to a base; a support sec...