ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,717, issued on July 28, was assigned to GUARDIAR EUROPE BVBA (Zwevegem, Belgium).

"Fence" was invented by Timothy Messelis (Zwevegem, Belgium) and Stefanos Synodinos (Zwevegem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a fence panel comprising: a plurality of upright members, and at least one rail connected to each of said upright members, wherein the at least one rail comprises: an external casing defining a rail channel and comprising at least one aperture, wherein each of the upright members extends through an aperture into the rail channel, and an inner plate that extends along at least part of the l...