ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,899, issued on March 18, was assigned to Volm Cos. Inc. (Antigo, Wis.).
"Mesh network" was invented by Friedrich Landertshamer (Oftering, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A meshwork has a layer forming a mesh, the mesh layer being disposed between parallel tension ribbons which are opposite one another in pairs. The tension ribbons have a thermoplastic bonding layer on the side facing the mesh layer and are connected to one another and to the mesh layer via the bonding layer. The mesh layer takes the form of a plastic net having meshwork webs which are connected to one another in a materially bonded manner and which are stretc...