ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,499, issued on Sept. 8.
"Pipe trench safety brace-barrier system and method" was invented by Cole Matheson (Stephenville, Texas) and Kale Comeaux (St. Francisville, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe trench safety brace-barrier system and method for use to form a protected workspace in a trench, providing trench-shoring or trench-shielding protection around an underground workspace in a portion of a trench within which a pipe, conduit, cable, or similar structure, and any manhole, junction box, or similar structure or equipment is to be installed. The pipe trench safety brace-barrier provides two trench side units, each having...