US Patent Issued to Round Shield on March 3 for "Devices, assemblies, and methods for shoring temporary surface excavations" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,750, issued on March 3, was assigned to Round Shield LLC (Spicewood, Texas).

"Devices, assemblies, and methods for shoring temporary surface excavations" was invented by Gary W. Hampton (Spicewood, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for shoring temporary surface excavations includes a base unit and a first extension unit. The base unit includes features for allowing the assembly to be jacked out of the excavation when hoisting becomes impossible or impractical. The shoring structure may also be jacked into an unstable excavation from above."

The patent was filed on Jan. 8, 2024, under Application No. 18/406,398.

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