ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,368, issued on Feb. 10.
"Extendable releasably affixed shade apparatus clamp and bracket system" was invented by Jerry T. Sizemore Jr. (Townville, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are improved clamping and bracket systems and methods of using and installing same to enable, in one embodiment, a sailing vessel to deploy a sunshade, solar cell, or other surface from a boom-mounted clamp and bracket system wherein the clamp and bracket system does not impede boom or running rigging operation and allows for changing the horizontal position of the bracket system to reposition the sunshade, solar cell or surface, without...