ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,193, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PrimeSource Building Products Inc. (Irving, Texas).
"Bracket for supporting attachment of the end of a railing member to a vertical member" was invented by Kevin T. Burt (Dallas), Matthew Carlyle Sherstad (Dallas) and John David Irick (Dallas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A railing bracket includes a cup with a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall disposed opposite the first side wall. The first side wall defines a first through hole configured to receive a fastener. A cap has a top wall, a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall, wherein the cap has a U-shape configured to...