ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,248, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Bechtel Equipment Operations Inc. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Systems and methods for securing construction site scaffolding" was invented by Adam McDaniel (Sugar Land, Texas), Robert Hurd (Houston) and Ben Pletcher (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scaffold securing device and methods for securing conventional scaffolding to a linear or a curvilinear surface."

The patent was filed on Sept. 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/473,006.

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