US Patent Issued to Shaw Industries Group on Dec. 9 for "Acoustic article, decorative element, and systems comprising same" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,699, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Shaw Industries Group Inc. (Dalton, Ga.).

"Acoustic article, decorative element, and systems comprising same" was invented by Clark Hodgkins (Dalton, Ga.), Barrett Morton (Dalton, Ga.), Julie Brumbelow (Dalton, Ga.), Thomas Odum (Dalton, Ga.), Dennis Hart (Dalton, Ga.) and Joseph Michael Woodall (Ringgold, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Acoustic articles, decorative elements, and system containing the same can include a decorative element having a first side and an opposing second side, and an acoustic article coupled to the opposing second side of the decorative element. The acoustic article...