ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,686, issued on Dec. 9.
"Bracket system for attaching a cantilevered pergola to a roof rafter" was invented by Toan Phan (Oakley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bracket system, for suspending pergola beams from an existing structure, the existing structure having a vertical wall and roof rafters that each have a rafter top and a rafter end that extends beyond the vertical wall over a ground surface, each of the pergola beams having a supported end, including a plurality of brackets. Each bracket having a mounting assembly for attaching to one of the rafters, a support assembly for attaching the support end of one of the pergol...