ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,189, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC. (Burbank, Calif.).
"Structural support system for rockwork with mechanical fastening of adjacent chip assemblies" was invented by Zsolt Hormay (Tokyo), Philip J. Jackson (Glendale, Calif.), Tammy Tosounian (Altadena, Calif.), Robert W. Jewell (Winter Garden, Fla.), Angela M. Orovets (Los Angeles), Robert Pontrelli (Glendale, Calif.) and Maeis Heshmati (Tujunga, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rebar-based support assemblies that can be fabricated without the need for on-site welding. The assemblies include a number of differing sized and shaped crimps used in place ...