ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,689, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to PITTSBURG TANK & TOWER GROUP (Henderson, Ky.).
"Elevated tank tower" was invented by Benjamin Johnston (Henderson, Ky.) and Martin G. Smith (Henderson, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevated tank tower includes a foundation, and a support structure including a plurality of stacked segments. One or more of the plurality segment is unitarily constructed from precast concrete configured to extend around the entirety of an outer perimeter of the support structure. Each of the stacked segments is connected to an adjacent segment with one or more spanning plates connected to the adjacent segmen...