ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,189, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to BOPLAN BV (Moorsele, Belgium).
"Base member and method for attaching an upwardly extending post to a surface and its use" was invented by Xavier Ramon (Moorsele, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The current invention relates to a base member for attaching an upwardly extending post to a surface, comprising a bottom plate and a hollow connection profile, wherein the connection profile comprises at least a first pair of cuts, wherein a cut forms a pliable lip, wherein the pliable lip extends in a direction transverse to the bottom plate, wherein a first cut is comprised in a first side and ...