US Patent Issued to Barrette Outdoor Living on June 30 for "Board cleat apparatus and method for mixed material horizontal aluminum fence" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,989, issued on June 30, was assigned to Barrette Outdoor Living Inc. (Middleburg Heights, Ohio).

"Board cleat apparatus and method for mixed material horizontal aluminum fence" was invented by Christopher Michael Schneider (Linwood, N.J.) and Patrick Joseph Bertke (Mays Landing, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a board at an initial position. The system also includes a first connecting apparatus positioned at one end of the boards. The first connecting apparatus includes a front end configured to be positioned within an opening of the board and a bottom end configured to be positioned within a fence structure. Th...