	US 12,392,105 B2
	Forms and subsurface structural elements that redirect soil forces
James C. Conner, Austin, TX (US); DeWayne Krawl, Austin, TX (US); and Omar Besim Hakim, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to V-Forms, LLC, Cedar Park, TX (US)
Filed by V-Forms, LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/464,115.
Application 18/464,115 is a continuation of application No. 17/473,652, filed on Sep. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,781,281.
Application 17/473,652 is a continuation of application No. 16/723,779, filed on Dec. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,118,322, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Application 16/723,779 is a continuation of application No. 16/171,300, filed on Oct. 25, 2018, granted, now 10,519,618, issued on Dec. 31, 2019.
Application 16/171,300 is a continuation of application No. 15/400,837, filed on Jan. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,113,289, issued on Oct. 30, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/276,018, filed on Jan. 7, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0035246 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. E02D 27/08 (2006.01); E02D 27/02 (2006.01); E02D 27/12 (2006.01); E04G 13/00 (2006.01)

CPC E02D 27/08 (2013.01) [E02D 27/02 (2013.01); E02D 27/12 (2013.01); E04G 13/00 (2013.01); E02D 2200/165 (2013.01); E02D 2200/1678 (2013.01); E02D 2250/0007 (2013.01); E02D 2250/0023 (2013.01); E02D 2300/002 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A foundation, comprising:

a horizontal base, extending in a horizontal direction;

one or more vertically-oriented beams extending below the base, into a subsurface level, wherein the one or more vertically-oriented beams narrow along at least some portion of a downward extension of the respective vertically-oriented beam from the horizontal base in a vertical direction orthogonal to the horizontal direction of the base; and

a filling material, form, or liner, configured to form respective unfilled voids between the one or more vertically-oriented beams and the filling material, form or liner, at the subsurface level, wherein the unfilled voids are distinct from filling material.