US Patent Issued to Regalo International on Feb. 11 for "Barrier with structurally different corner gate connections" (Minnesota, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,830, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Regalo International LLC (Longboat Key, Fla.).

"Barrier with structurally different corner gate connections" was invented by Mark A. Flannery (Longboat Key, Fla.) and Matthew A. Willms (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A barrier that includes four structurally different corner connections for fixing a gate frame of the barrier to and between opposing vertical surfaces. A first connection includes a headed straight pin engaging a pivot hook and socket, a second connection includes a headed straight pin engaging a socket, a third connection includes headless bent pin engaging a sock...