ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,304, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Morse Distribution Inc. (Bellingham, Wash.).
"Stud rail systems and methods for use in reinforced concrete structures" was invented by Scott McCornack (Ferndale, Wash.) and Joshua Hupp (Sedro-Woolley, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stud rail system comprising at least one stud rail assembly. The at least one stud rail assembly comprises a plurality of rail portions, a plurality of cross portions, where a plurality of sets of support openings are formed in each of the plurality of the cross portions, a plurality of pin projections, where each rail portion supports at least one pin projec...