US Patent Issued to Terracon Consultants on July 28 for "Concrete pier foundation with lateral shear reinforcing loops and methods of constructing the same" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,679, issued on July 28, was assigned to Terracon Consultants Inc. (Olathe, Kan.).

"Concrete pier foundation with lateral shear reinforcing loops and methods of constructing the same" was invented by Allan P. Henderson (Bakersfield, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concrete pier foundation having a plurality of sleeved tower anchor bolts embedded therein and a spiral loop encasement providing lateral shear reinforcement is provided. The spiral loop encasement surrounds at least a lower portion of the concrete pier and is formed by hoop steel wrapped around the perimeter of the tower anchor bolt cage. In proper soils or rock the...