ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,317, issued on March 24, was assigned to BARRETTE OUTDOOR LIVING INC. (Middleburg Heights, Ohio).
"Rail cable tensioner" was invented by Christopher Michael Schneider (Linwood, N.J.), Christopher Heritage (Swedesboro, N.J.), Patrick Bertke (Mays Landing, N.J.) and Ryan Burgess (Safety Harbor, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable brac...