ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,353, issued on July 14, was assigned to ADK Electric Corp..

"Electrical panelboard guard with coupled members" was invented by Timothy Kit Canaday (Elizabeth, Colo.) and Christopher Anthony Canaday (Thornton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a panelboard guard assembly configured to restrict access to a panelboard having a cover and a door defined therein, the cover having first and second side edges. The panelboard guard assembly includes overlapping members that are, at least in some implementations, mutually coupled to each other. The panelboard guard assembly further includes an adjustment mechanism that e...