ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,493, issued on April 1, was assigned to SUNBELT RENTALS OF CANADA (Oldcastle, Canada).

"Fence panel" was invented by Christopher Muc (Etobicoke, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a stackable fencing panel and a method for stacking fencing panels. The fencing panel including: a first outside post including a post depth; a second outside post opposing the first outside post and including the post depth; and two or more horizontal cross-members each intermediate the first outside post and the second outside post, each horizontal cross-member including a cross-member depth, each horizontal cross-member including a n...