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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 04, 2010
Applicants:

Charles R. Welch, Vicksburg, MS (US);

Kevin Abraham, Vicksburg, MS (US);

Robert M. Ebeling, Vicksburg, MS (US);

Karen Buehler, Northbridge, MA (US);

Claudia Quigley, Lexington, MA (US);

Inventors:

Charles R. Welch, Vicksburg, MS (US);

Kevin Abraham, Vicksburg, MS (US);

Robert M. Ebeling, Vicksburg, MS (US);

Karen Buehler, Northbridge, MA (US);

Claudia Quigley, Lexington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 3/36 (2006.01); E04G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A structural element employing hydrostatic pressure to compress cohesion-less particles to significantly increase the load carrying capacity of the element along a load-bearing axis, a system for deploying said structural element and a method for deploying said structural element using the system.


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