ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,841, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SAPPHIRE BALCONIES Ltd. (Reading, Great Britain).
"Balcony developments" was invented by Tim Hill (Reading, Great Britain), Karl Pallister (Reading, Great Britain) and Andrew Parsons (Reading, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A balcony is attachable to an attachment beam extending from a building in order to attach the balcony with respect to the building. The balcony can include: a floor which provides a safe, usable surface for the end-user of the balcony to stand on; and a plurality of rafters. Each rafter can include: a floor portion which defines a part of the floor, and a st...