ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,773, issued on March 17.
"Modular decking system" was invented by Fred A. Wagner III (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular decking system includes a plurality of modular components. Each component has a frame, a deck, a jack screw, and alignment blocks. The frame includes a pair of vertically disposed and offset boards banding the exterior periphery with internal cross members and block adjacent corners. The deck is a plurality of boards fitting within the offset boards of the frame's periphery. The screw jacks are located within the corner blocks. The alignment blocks affixed to the frame's periphery are used to...