ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,736, issued on May 26.

"Welded fencing system with prefabricated connectors" was invented by Richard Humm (Queen Creek, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corner fitting includes a sleeve body having a hollow inner space and configured to coaxially fit over a pipe member of a predetermined size. An edge of the sleeve body at a second distal end has a corner cut portion, a protruding tab, and two recesses, the protruding tab being diametrically opposed to the corner cut portion in the radial direction of the sleeve body, and the recesses being diametrically opposed to each other in the radial direction of the sleeve body. The corne...