US Patent Issued to REFLEX MARINE on Nov. 3 for "Drilled anchor pile" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,363, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to REFLEX MARINE LTD (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Drilled anchor pile" was invented by Philip Strong (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an anchoring system (1) comprising an anchor pile (2) configured to be embedded in a borehole (30) drilled in the seabed. The anchor pile (2) comprises an elongate main body (3) having a longitudinal axis (L) and comprising an upper end (4) and a lower end (5). The cross section of the elongate main body (3) increases along a portion of the longitudinal axis (L) in the direction from the upper end (4) to the lower e...