ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,020, issued on July 21, was assigned to UNIDOME DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Eltville am Rhein, Germany).

"Concrete shaping insert, method for producing a concrete shaping insert, and method for producing a concrete component" was invented by Felix Nowak (Bad Schwalbach, Germany) and Karsten Pfeffer (Wiesbaden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a concrete shaping insert, which is formed to be arranged in a formwork mold before a concreting process, comprising a first and second fixing element, between which at least one displacement body is arranged. The concrete shaping insert is characterized in that, the displac...