ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,328, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Barrette Outdoor Living Inc. (Middleburg Heights, Ohio).

"System and method for vertical and horizontal in-fill installation" was invented by Christopher Michael Schneider (Linwood, N.J.) and Paige Barbara Moore (Absecon, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a fence system. The fence system, comprising: a first post; a second post, wherein each of the first post and the second post comprises a first set of ribs and a second set of ribs; a lower rail, wherein a first end of the lower rail is adapted to terminate at a face of the first set of ribs of the first post and a second end of...