ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,239, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to NuRoc Engineering Technologies LLC (Pagosa Springs, Colo.).

"Building method" was invented by Mark E. Wilsey (Pagosa Springs, Colo.) and Marcos Gonzalez (Ocoee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating a structure including hanging a flexible fabric in a substantially vertical direction, shielding a portion of the flexible fabric and applying a fixative to an unshielded portion of the flexible fabric, thereby forming a fixed portion of the flexible fabric. A shielded portion of the flexible fabric is located in a portion of the fabric and is configured to act as a hinge allow...