ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,972, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Structural Connections IP Pty Ltd (Brisbane, Australia).
"Method and apparatus for connecting precast concrete elements" was invented by Robert Urquhart Connell (Brisbane, Australia), Ashley Daniel Pollard (Brisbane, Australia) and George Spiropoulos (Brisbane, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for connecting precast elements, wherein the apparatus includes a first part adapted for being cast into a first one of the precast elements, and the apparatus further includes a second part adapted for being cast into a second one of the precast elements, wherein the first part and t...