ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,758, issued on March 25, was assigned to Barrette Outdoor Living Inc. (Middleburg Heights, Ohio).

"Column cover and methods of manufacture and installation" was invented by Mark G. Suchyna (Lancaster, Pa.), Douglas L. Mucher (Buffalo, N.Y.), Christopher Vincent (Orem, Utah), Rosline Christian (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Timothy Briggs (Clinton, Mass.), Cevan Skinner (Orem, Utah) and Matthew Rapposelli (Conschohocken, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to a column cover comprising a first portion comprising a first side panel having a first edge and a second edge, a second side panel having a first ed...