ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,176, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Durafuse Frames LLC (West Jordan, Utah).

"Base connections and structures including the base connections, kits for forming and methods of repairing the same" was invented by Paul Williams Richards (Orem, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed to base connections, structures including base connections, kits for forming the base connections and/or structures, and method of repairing yielded base connections. In an embodiment, a base connection includes a base plate including a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. The top surface is configured to be ad...