US Patent Issued on Aug. 19 for "Modular element for making underground structures for basins designed to manage meteoric waters or underground structures for retaining soil" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,122, issued on Aug. 19.

"Modular element for making underground structures for basins designed to manage meteoric waters or underground structures for retaining soil" was invented by Mirco Pegoraro (Grantorto, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular element or semi-module for making underground structures of basins for the management of meteoric waters or for retaining soil includes a substantially planar base portion and one or more pillars rising from the base portion. Each pillar is hollow and has a first external wall defining at least one internal cavity, inside the cavity there being an internal tubular stiffening wall t...