ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,831, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Elevate Structures LLC (Villa Rica, Ga.).

"Structural member assemblies, beams, and support structures comprising same" was invented by Christopher Bruce Pearson (Villa Rica, Ga.) and Heath Jackson Mulkey (Villa Rica, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beam can comprise a plurality of steel channel members that extend along a longitudinal axis. The plurality of steel channel members can cooperate to define an interior volume that is configured to receive concrete therein. The plurality of steel channel members can comprise a first C-shaped channel member defining a channel therein and havin...