ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,158, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SPEED ROD LLC (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Support structures for insulation and other materials" was invented by Francisco Sillik (Tucson, Ariz.), Patrick Wood (Tucson, Ariz.), Christofer Willis (Tucson, Ariz.) and Klaus Axen (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder for supporting a material such as insulation. The holder includes a support member having a first and a second wire element for supporting the material, with each of the first and second wire elements having a first end and a second end adapted to engage two beams. The first and second wire elements also are coupled together b...