ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,410, issued on May 20, was assigned to PERI SE (Weissenhorn, Germany).

"Striking element and method" was invented by Josef Schmid (Balzheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A striking element for striking a construction component from a concrete section, including an anchor section positionable relative to a portion of the concrete section, and a support section configured to support a load of a construction element, the support section configured to vertically lower the construction element."

The patent was filed on Sept. 30, 2021, under Application No. 17/491,050.

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