ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,513, issued on May 12.
"Pile installation apparatus and method of use thereof" was invented by Cameron Gaylard (Brendale, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pile installation apparatus and method of use thereof is provided for loading and installing a pile into an underlying ground surface. In one form, the pile installation includes: a mast; a vehicle mount for mounting the mast to a support vehicle; a carriage and drive assembly rotatably coupled to the mast and configured for vertical movement along the mast, said assembly including a rotational drive and drive shaft for mounting of a drive end of the pile thereon. The carr...