ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,725, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Dome Technology LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho).
"Methods and apparatus for fabricating and retrofitting dome shaped buildings using coiled rebar" was invented by Jason P. South (Idaho Falls, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for fabricating or retrofitting a building, the method including: positioning a coil of rebar toward an interior surface of a structure of a building, the structure of the building at least partially bounding a chamber, uncoiling a section of rebar from the coil of rebar; and securing the uncoiled section of rebar to the interior surface of the structure while the unc...