ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,486, issued on April 1, was assigned to Bond Formwork Systems LLC (Waller, Texas).

"High-capacity beam and modular grid shoring systems" was invented by Bradley D. A. Bond (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-capacity beam includes interoperable features conformant with the pretexting modular grid shoring system including conformant interface rails and conformant end caps that removably engage with the conformant interface rails. The truss portion of the high-capacity beam has the same width and a greater height compared to the truss portion of the low-capacity beam. The high-capacity beam may also include a conformant ...