ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,694, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Crow Hill LLC (Mount Pleasant, S.C.).
"Load path redistribution field coupler" was invented by Robert Steven Graybill (Mount Pleasant, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to distributing a laterally distributed load applied by a flexible surface to one or more longitudinal load paths. A support connection hub may, for example, include a first cavity extending longitudinally along a first axis and configured to receive a vertical support member at a bottom side of the support connection hub. The hub may, for example, include a second cavity extending acros...