ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,554, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Renson Outdoor NV (Kruisem, Belgium).

"Dynamic canvas tensioning system" was invented by Stijn Colpaert (Oudenaarde, Belgium), Joost Benjamin Renaat De Frene (Waregem, Belgium), Thomas Brecht Vervisch (Bissegem, Belgium), Kristof Lemiegre (Gentbrugge, Belgium) and Bart Abeel (Sint-Eloois-Winkel, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to means and methods for tensioning duck or canvas. In particular, the present invention provides a tensioning system wherein a canvas can be tensioned dynamically along one or two sides of a frame. The present invention also further pro...