ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,514, issued on May 12, was assigned to Willacoochee Industrial Fabrics Inc. (Nashville, Ga.).

"Woven silt fences including integrally woven pockets for support posts" was invented by Kevin William Ray (Willacoochee, Ga.), Eric Lee Booth (Willacoochee, Ga.) and Melissa Grace (Gulf Breeze, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of woven silt fences including integrally woven pockets for support posts. In exemplary embodiments, a woven silt fence fabric includes one or more integrated pockets integrally woven within the woven silt fence fabric. The one or more integrated pockets are configured for receivi...