US Patent Issued to Mazcon A Kurtz Bros. on Dec. 2 for "Prefabricated vertical geotextile ditch check system" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,634, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Mazcon A Kurtz Bros. Co. LLC (Covington, Ga.).

"Prefabricated vertical geotextile ditch check system" was invented by Earl R. Singleton (Oxford, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ditch check system and methods for storm water control are provided. The ditch check system can include a velocity-restricting component of geotextile fabric with one or more porosities configured to control velocities of storm water flows for sediment control and silt retention. The velocity-restricting component can have one or more reinforcing elements to provide additional support against tearing and/or undue move...