ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,403, issued on May 20.
"Foldable structure for a sunshade, a shutter or a fence" was invented by Francisco Javier Marin Rodriguez (Santa Maria de Palautordera, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable structure for a sunshade, a shutter or a fence, comprising at least one guiding member (10); a plurality of displaceable elements (20) slidably connected to said guiding member (10) forming a row (2), a stroke end (54), a first actuator (31) connected to fist displaceable element (20) of the row (2), foldable spacers (40) connecting each pair of successive displaceable elements (20), and a spacer guide (50) including successive f...