ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,852, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Peak Innovations Inc. (Richmond, Canada).
"Glass fencing system" was invented by Simon Walker (Delta, Canada), Craig Lawson (Burnaby, Canada), Charles Young (Vancouver, Canada) and Adam Mantei (Burnaby, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass fencing system includes glass panels, rails, gaskets, and spigots. The rails extend across the upper edges of the glass panels. The gaskets are fitted within the rails. The spigots support one of the glass panels and comprise a base, a first arm, a first pad, a second arm, and a second pad. The first pad has a first pad surface and a lower surface....