ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,976, issued on April 21.

"Device and methods for raising footings and foundations" was invented by Mike Taylor (Malvern, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and methods for raising an underground footing or foundation beneath a structure such as a home, office building or roadway, using a means of pumping expandable fluid into substratum below the area to be raised. The device includes an elongated shaft comprising a trailing end and a leading end and may define a fluid pathway from the upstream trailing end to the downstream leading end. The trailing end is adapted to secure fluid communication between the fluid pathway an...