US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Nov. 18 for "Open-frame foundation apparatus for post support" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,743, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Open-frame foundation apparatus for post support" was invented by Scott Garnet Dorward (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An open-frame foundation apparatus for post support includes a hollow tube that includes a wall having an outer surface. The apparatus includes four fin members, each having a quadrilateral shape. A respective first edge of each fin member is attached to the outer surface of the wall of the hollow tube. Each fin member extends radially away from the outer surface of the wall of the hollow tube. The apparatus ...