ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,576, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Shoreloc Design Group Inc. (Largo, Fla.).
"Supporting masonry block" was invented by Jason Stell (Largo, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supporting masonry block has a supporting masonry block body having a front surface, a back surface, a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side and a second side. The front surface has a front-top edge and a front-bottom edge. A tie-back receptacle passes from the top surface, through to the bottom surface. The tie-back receptacle is open to the back surface for connecting the supporting masonry block to a tie-back."
The patent was filed on March 23...