US Patent Issued to Rapid Footings Group on Sept. 16 for "Pile connection apparatus and method for supporting a vertical pile" (North Carolina, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,128, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Rapid Footings Group LLC (Youngsville, N.C.).

"Pile connection apparatus and method for supporting a vertical pile" was invented by Dale Clayton Miller (Youngsville, N.C.), Julian Young (Grovetown, Ga.) and Arch Harold Flanagan (Farmville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pile connection comprises at least one fixture having a collar portion, a plurality of micropile sleeves, a plurality of gusset members extending between the collar portion and the micropile sleeves, and at least one connecting member that couples adjacent gusset members and that is spaced apart from the collar portion....