ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,063, issued on July 8.
"Portable canopy foot stand" was invented by Clinton Wesley Arnold Sr. (Hartford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The portable canopy foot stand may include a base plate and mounting hardware. The portable canopy foot stand may be operable to detachably couple one or more canopy weights to an individual leg of a portable canopy. The portable canopy foot stand may couple to an anchor tab of the individual leg to enlarge the bottom of the individual leg such that the individual leg is prevented from pulling out of a leg slot of the one or more canopy weights. The one or more canopy weights may be stacked on t...