US Patent Issued to Nabholz Construction on Sept. 30 for "Plate assembly for removing a section of underlying substrate" (Arkansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,233, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Nabholz Construction Corp. (Conway, Ark.).

"Plate assembly for removing a section of underlying substrate" was invented by Justin Barber (El Paso, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus for lifting and removing substrate, such as a cut section from an underlying concrete slab. A plate assembly has a planar support plate and a u-shaped support bracket extending therefrom. The support plate is placed onto the section to be removed. The support bracket has adjoining first, second and third web portions to define an interior channel above the support plate. First and second aper...