US Patent Issued to Shaw Industries Group on May 20 for "Acoustic article, decorative element, and systems comprising same" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,188, issued on May 20, 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 comprising the same can include a decorative element having a first side and an opposing second side, and an acoustic article disposed on the opposing second side of the decorative element. The acoustic artic...