ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,821, issued on May 27.
"Adaptable, temporary landscape protection structure" was invented by Eric Mackintosh (Tyler, Texas) and Heath Hicks (Tyler, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing adaptable, reusable, temporary landscape protection at job sites are provided. Temporary structures are constructed which extend over the landscape features when installed. Protective cloths are placed over the temporary structures while work is performed and are subsequently removed. The temporary structures are deconstructed for reconstruction in different form at different job sites to protect different landscape fe...