US Patent Issued to Matthew Wayne Lemon on March 11 for "Picket fence board protectors" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,411, issued on March 11, was assigned to Matthew Wayne Lemon (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Picket fence board protectors" was invented by Matthew Wayne Lemon (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fence protector comprising a box, a plurality of gripping slats, and a plurality of drainage holes. The box further comprising a front face, a back face, a left-side face, a right-side face, a bottom face, an interior side, an exterior side, and a top opening, wherein the top opening is positioned opposite the bottom face and configured to accept picket boards. The plurality of gripping slats is connected to the interior side of...