ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,088, issued on July 22, was assigned to SUNWEST INDUSTRIES INC. (Orange, Calif.).

"Method of latching fence sections of a removable mesh pool fence" was invented by Reed Hauge (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable section latch and method of using thereof is disclosed. The adjustable section latch may be used to interlock two section poles of fence sections of a removable mesh pool fence, where the aforementioned section poles are situated at a section break gap in the removable mesh pool fence. The adjustable section latch may have a bracket body with a plurality of adjusting holes on one end and a keyhole at ...