US Patent Issued to Simpson Strong-Tie on July 8 for "Fire stop installation at top plate of tie down system" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,043, issued on July 8, was assigned to Simpson Strong-Tie Co. Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Fire stop installation at top plate of tie down system" was invented by Larry Randall Daudet (Brentwood, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A take-up system and continuity tie system that uses fire stopping intumescent materials to help prevent and inhibit the travel of fire along the continuity tie system, due to the openings in the members of the building that receive the continuity tie system."

The patent was filed on Jan. 17, 2021, under Application No. 17/151,196.

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