ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,295, issued on May 27.
"Vine trellis" was invented by Terry Carter (Wellington, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Grape vines may grow on a trellis comprising a series of wires supported by a line of posts, but it is difficult to machine-prune vines after harvest without interference from wires. A trellis having primary posts and secondary posts may support vines in a manner that cane growing from vine's cordons can be readily removed. Between each neighing pair of primary posts there are at least two secondary posts. A cordon wire runs along and is supported by the posts at or adjacent to top. Cordons of vines are connected...