ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,713, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Unistress Corp. (Pittsfield, Mass.).
"Reinforcement apparatus for concrete" was invented by Perri Christopher Petricca (Lanesborough, Mass.), Jeffrey Zocchi (Cheshire, Mass.) and John Alan LeBihan (Glens Falls, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corbel mounting assembly can include a corbel mounting member having a concrete anchor arrangement and a planar corbel mounting surface. The planar corbel mounting surface can extend along a mounting plane. A beam securement member is also included, having a concrete anchor arrangement and a planar beam securement surface. The beam securement membe...