ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,885, issued on May 6, was assigned to Apache Industrial Services Inc. (Houston).

"Fitting ring" was invented by Kenneth M. Chevis (Metairie, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations described herein are directed to a load bearing ledger fitting, a modular header beam, a perimeter safety deck, a multi-purpose bearing plate, and a mega-shore bearing plate of an integrated construction system."

The patent was filed on April 18, 2022, under Application No. 17/723,158.

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