ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,903, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Simpson Strong-Tie Co. Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).
"Drywall spacing joist hanger" was invented by Thomas G. Evans (Dublin, Calif.), Paul Bernard McEntee (Fremont, Calif.), James M. Benton (Tracy, Calif.), Emory Lee Montague (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Timothy Patrick Murphy (Tracy, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection utilizing a joist hanger to hang a joist or beam from a wood structural support member such as a top plate or header in cooperation with a first plurality of fasteners such as screws or nails and one or more substantially vertical fire-resistant panels such as drywall."...