ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,914, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to BLOCKAID PTY LTD (Raworth, Australia).
"Bracket" was invented by Christopher Rafferty (Raworth, Australia), Craig Thorley (Raworth, Australia), Jamie Curran (Raworth, Australia) and Oliver Kohl (Raworth, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bracket for locating a vertical reinforcement bar within a block wall having a central area to enable a reinforcement bar placed vertically through a void of a block wall to pass through the bracket; and a locator for locating the central area in a predetermined position within the void of a block wall; wherein one or more guides extend into the centra...