ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,892, issued on March 18, was assigned to Bond Formwork Systems LLC (Waller, Texas).

"Slide-plate drop head and grid shoring systems" was invented by Bradley D. A. Bond (Waller, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal prop system for grid shoring provides increased versatility and cost effectiveness over conventional grid shoring systems for building construction, such as concrete parking garage construction. The universal props include a variety of interchangeable prop stands, interchangeable drop heads, and interchangeable stringer jacks with a variety of different types of stringer heads. The interchangeable drop heads in...