ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,906, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to UPRIGHT LLC.
"System and method for building layout" was invented by Brenden Morton (Arcata, Calif.), Mark Mendez (Firestone, Colo.), Ross Huber (Garberville, Calif.) and Chad Ziesemer (Oshkosh, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for building layout includes a moveable marking device that can be placed on vertical batter boards and remotely controlled into a position on the batter board to indicate the height of a top of a building foundation. The moveable marking device may also be placed on horizontal batter boards and remotely controlled into a position to indicate a position on th...