ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,334, issued on Nov. 3.
"Window flower-box bracket" was invented by Thomas Altenhoelscher (Gladbeck, Germany), Thomas Storck (Gelsenkirchen, Germany) and Peter Sommer (Essen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a flower box holder (1) for window frames which is used to secure flower boxes and decorative elements, e.g. planters, plant boxes or the like, and to prevent same from falling. To this end, the flower box holder (1) has: a hooked holding profile (2) which can be brought into engagement with a window frame profile; at least one holding element (3) which can be fixedly connected to the hooked holding p...