ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,801, issued on July 14, was assigned to Quanta Associates LP (Houston).
"Implosion shield apparatus and method" was invented by David Karl Wabnegger (La Grange, Texas), Daniel Neil O'Connell (Oliver, Canada), Mark Douglas Ferrari (Houston) and Benjamin James Harvey (Cape Coral, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implosion shield of ballistic fabric is formed by a selected number of layers of ballistic fabric draped, enveloped or coiled around an implosion sleeve or dead-end and secured with fasteners through holes formed around the perimeter of the ballistic fabric. The implosion shield is installed around the implosion sleeve or...