ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,930, issued on June 30, was assigned to Smooth Style Concrete Construction Inc (Windsor, Calif.).
"Concrete quick snap apparatus" was invented by Hector Barragan (Windsor, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concrete quick snap apparatus and a method for creating control joints in concrete surfaces is provided The apparatus includes a cylindrical housing with a hollow interior, designed to accommodate a snap line, and a flat flanged bottom surface that acts as a guide for positioning. The housing features a small hole at one end for attaching the snap line and an opening with an attachment hole at the opposite end for connecting ...