ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,907, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Xia Shin International Co. Ltd. (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Vertical post structure of fence" was invented by Eric Chen Zer Lo (Tainan, Taiwan) and Chin Hung Hsu (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical post structure of a fence comprises an axial slot on at least one side of a post, and an axial notch at an end of the slot facing the post. An inner wall of the slot and the two sides near to the notch extend obliquely to form a clamping board, wherein a tail end of the clamping board has a buckle part. Each buckle part is positioned within the projection range of the notch, and a plate ...