US Patent Issued to Watershed Geosynthetics on Dec. 2 for "Shallow well and conduit/collector grid" (Louisiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,464, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Watershed Geosynthetics LLC (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Shallow well and conduit/collector grid" was invented by Delaney Lewis (Downsville, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shallow gas well for use at landfills having a gas-producing waste pile includes a lower geocomposite positioned over the gas-producing waste pile and a protective layer of soil positioned over the lower geocomposite. An upper geocomposite is positioned over the protective layer of soil such that the protective layer of soil is positioned between the lower and upper geocomposites. An impermeable geomembrane is positioned over the ...