US Patent Issued to Beech Contractors on June 24 for "Seawall construction using concrete forms" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,596, issued on June 24, was assigned to Beech Contractors LLC (Charleston, S.C.).

"Seawall construction using concrete forms" was invented by Joshua Earl Beech (Johns Island, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for constructing a seawall section includes coupling an end of a substantially-waterproof barrier member to a footing. A concrete form is mounted to the footing such that a top end of the form is higher than an exposed upper surface of the footing. The concrete form defines at least part of a fill volume. Another end of the barrier member is coupled to the concrete form such that the barrier member extends over a side...