US Patent Issued to Brand Shared Services on May 6 for "Support head with quick release for formwork system" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,881, issued on May 6, was assigned to Brand Shared Services LLC (Atlanta).

"Support head with quick release for formwork system" was invented by Jack Yue Ho Poon (Aurora, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support head mountable on a support post for supporting a beam in a formwork system is provided. The support head includes a top member for contacting and supporting the beam, a base member mountable on top of the support post, and a pin. Each of the top and base members has a tube with opposing pin holes. The tubes are configured to form vertically extending telescopic tubes, with the pin holes aligned along a horizontal axis...