ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,965, issued on June 30.
"Pergola corner bracket assembly" was invented by Michael Murray (Jacksonville, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pergola corner bracket assembly including a bracket having a first flange and a second flange registered orthogonal thereto, and a third flange and a fourth flange registered orthogonal thereto. The first flange, the second flange, the third flange, and the fourth flange are arranged in an X-shaped configuration. The X-shaped configuration has a longitudinal axis aligned parallel to a shared corner of the first flange and the second flange. Each of the third flange and the fourth flange are dis...