ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,776, issued on March 17, was assigned to ComposiTech LLC (Coos Bay, Ore.).
"Interlocking composite construction block" was invented by Colin Christopher Felton (Coos Bay, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to an enhanced method for building walls by primarily reducing the time for assembly. The design is for a molded multi-segment plastic composite construction block that interlocks horizontally, vertically and orthogonally with a clearance-fit, does not require mortar for structural integrity and is self-aligning. The blocks are molded out of natural-fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites with thermal expansi...