ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,878, issued on Nov. 3.
"Apparatus and method for transporting and laying pipe for a pipeline" was invented by JT Lewellen (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A programmable and remotely operated and controlled pipe laying apparatus and method of using it for transporting and laying pipe for a pipeline, that can receive, hold, transfer and/or transport and unload pipe in a ditch or other tight space otherwise requiring a side boom. The apparatus has a mobile platform with a longitudinal central axis. A support extends in an extensible manner from the mobile platform and aligns the weight of the pipe with that longitudinal central a...