US Patent Issued to Geopier Foundation on Jan. 27 for "System and method for installing an aggregate pier" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,866, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Geopier Foundation Co. Inc. (Davidson, N.C.).

"System and method for installing an aggregate pier" was invented by Matthew Alan Conte (Davidson, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for installing an aggregate pier in a soil matrix includes a pipe configured to interface with a torque driver for rotating the pipe. A helix is disposed on the pipe and configured to advance/withdraw the pipe based on direction of rotation. A compacting device is disposed between the distal end of the pipe and the helix. It extends radially outward and upward. In some embodiments, the compacting ...