US Patent Issued to Geopier Foundation on July 21 for "Methods and apparatus for building expanded shaft augured foundation elements" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,985, issued on July 21, was assigned to Geopier Foundation Co. Inc. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Methods and apparatus for building expanded shaft augured foundation elements" was invented by August Beck (Davidson, N.C.) and Kord J. Wissmann (Davidson, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for building expanded shaft augured foundation elements, comprising: a dual-section drilling augur having a lower section and an upper section, wherein the lower section and the upper section are configured to rotate relative to each other."

The patent was filed on Jan. 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/728,740.

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