ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,677, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to WCM Industries Inc. (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

"Pipe support system" was invented by William T. Ball (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Eric Pilarczyk (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe support system is disclosed. In some examples, the pipe support system includes a roller, a support base, and in some examples one or more support adapters. The support base and support adapters are configured to be fitted together. Additional support adapters may fit into lower support adapters to extend the height of pipe support system (e.g., the support adapters are stackable with othe...