ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,860, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Renson Outdoor NV (Kruisem, Belgium).
"Roof construction for a terrace canopy, kit of parts for assembling the roof construction, and terrace canopy comprising the roof construction" was invented by Floris Bontinck (Heusden, Belgium) and Frederik Van Luchene (Machelen-Zulte, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roof construction comprises a frame that has a transverse direction, a longitudinal direction, an inside and outside; a roof construction formed by a plurality of mutually parallel transverse elements positioned on the inside of the frame, wherein each transverse element has a suppor...