US Patent Issued to Fox Hardwood Lumber on June 30 for "Bracket for a wooden post" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,987, issued on June 30, was assigned to Fox Hardwood Lumber Co. LLC (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Bracket for a wooden post" was invented by Samuel Fox (Franklin, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bracket that connects a support post to a support surface is described. In some embodiments, the bracket includes a base plate, a left side plate, a right side plate, a front plate, a rear plate and a horizontal plate. The bracket may include a hollow cavity located below the horizontal plate and a recess for holding an upright post located above the horizontal plate. The bracket may also include fastener holes above the horizontal plate to secu...