ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,567, issued on March 4.
"System and method for protection of under-slab utilities from changes in soil volume" was invented by Benchmark Harris (Aledo, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a utility support framing system for structurally suspended concrete slab over void form foundation systems. The inventive utility support framing system avoids problems created by expansive soils which damage utility lines under foundation systems. The inventive utility support framing system permits suspending utility pipes within an interior space of the foundation system while avoiding the problems of the prior ...