ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,958, issued on Feb. 18.
"Grass guard for fencing" was invented by Kevin Mullin (Wexford, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fence guard including: an elongated channel-shaped body member having a planar and horizontal bottom, at least two planer sidewalls extending upwardly from edges of the horizontal bottom and forming an open top, where an open longitudinal channel is defined by the horizontal bottom and the planar sidewalls; the planar sidewalls are outwardly angled in a direction extending from the horizontal bottom to the open top; and a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings along the planar sidewalls aligned respective...