US Patent Issued to Raise the Bar Detailing on Feb. 11 for "Device and method for forming voids in concrete" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,838, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Raise the Bar Detailing (Port Ludlow, Wash.).

"Device and method for forming voids in concrete" was invented by Raelene Marie Rossart (Port Ludlow, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for forming voids or cavities in concrete such that reinforcing bars can be used to connect different pours of concrete, the devices including an insert having a base and an elongate member extending from the base, and the method including coupling the insert to formwork, pouring concrete into the formwork, which surrounds the insert, allowing the concrete to partially cure, such that it retai...