ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,127, issued on June 3, was assigned to Vinylast Inc. (Lakewood, N.J.).
"Wood post bracket" was invented by Steven J. Leary (Barnegat, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wood post bracket used for securing a wood post to a rim joist and a reinforcing block directly linking to a substructure of a deck's wood framing system includes a planar base having a first end and a second end, a first flange extending from the first end of the planar base in a perpendicular orientation relative to the planar base, a second flange extending from the second end of the planar base in a perpendicular orientation relative to the planar base, and a ho...