ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,061, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Faith Technologies Inc. (Menasha, Wis.).
"Underground duct bank" was invented by Frank Hopkins (Shawnee, Kan.) and Ian Jordan Walker (Archie, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underground duct bank assembly includes a plurality of templates each including a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, a central portion including a plurality of conduit apertures each configured to accommodate a conduit, and first and second outboard portions disposed adjacent the central portion and opposite each other along the transverse axis, each outboard portion including a framework aperture configured t...