ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,828, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to PATIO DESIGNS LLC (Port Richey, Fla.).
"Structural beam assembly" was invented by Craig Boyle (Port Richey, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (100), including: a hollow beam (200) configured to constitute at least part of a screen enclosure and including: plural sides (204, 206, 208, 210); and two spline grooves (204A, 204B, 206A, 206B, 208A, 208B, 210A, 210B) formed in each side of the plural sides. Each spline groove of the two spline grooves extends along a longitudinal axis (250) of the hollow beam and is configured to receive therein a respective screen spline. Each spline g...