ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,636, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).
"Pipe support systems and methods" was invented by Daniel Matthew Freedman (Orlando, Fla.) and David Gerard Majdali (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support system includes a hollow structural member and a bladder. The bladder includes a membrane that encloses an internal volume and a spout with at least one inlet to enable a compound to fill the internal volume to extend across an interior space of the hollow structural member to provide support to the hollow structural member."
The patent was filed on March 28, 2024, under App...