US Patent Issued to United States Gypsum on July 8 for "Load bearing wall construction system using hollow structural sections" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,034, issued on July 8, was assigned to United States Gypsum Co. (Chicago).

"Load bearing wall construction system using hollow structural sections" was invented by Frank Pospisil (Oak Park, Ill.) and Kyle Flondor (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A construction unit is provided, including a load-bearing frame including a plurality of upper horizontal members joined together at ends to form an upper frame portion, a plurality of lower horizontal members joined together at ends to form a lower frame portion, a plurality of vertical members joined to and vertically separating the upper frame portion from the lower frame portion, th...