ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,967, issued on April 21, was assigned to K & E Excavating Inc. (Salem, Ore.).

"Adjustable concrete forms" was invented by Michael Acuff (Salem, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adjustable concrete forms including a landing form and a ramp form. The landing form includes jacks and landing brace members. The jacks are height adjustable. The landing brace members are supported by the jacks at a selected height. The landing brace members define a landing formwork configured to contain poured concrete in a desired landing shape. The ramp form defines a ramp formwork and is pivotally coupled to the landing form. The ramp form includes ...