ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,279, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING INC. (Middleburg Heights, Ohio).
"Rackable gate kit" was invented by Christopher Michael Schneider (Linwood, N.J.), Paige Barbara Moore (Absecon, N.J.), Patrick Joseph Bertke (Mays Landing, N.J.) and Christopher Rolland Clark (Morristown, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Kits for assembling rackable gates are provided. The kits comprise a pair of gate uprights, each gate upright comprising a tubular elongate member and a bracket. The tubular elongate member comprises apertures configured to accept a fence panel rail therethrough and into an elongate channel situated ...