ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,079, issued on July 1.
"Stake post with locking hinge" was invented by Bobby M. Anderson Jr. (Dahlonega, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stake post having a locking hinge that enables selective movement of a gate unit between a first position in which the gate unit forms a portion of a retaining wall in cooperation with other gate units, and a second position in which the gate unit is removed from alignment with one or more adjacent gate units to thereby provide an opening through a retaining wall otherwise formed by the stake post when in the first position."
The patent was filed on March 7, 2023, under Application No. 18/179,9...