US Patent Issued to RENSON OUTDOOR on July 21 for "Terrace canopy and method for producing same" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,007, issued on July 21, was assigned to RENSON OUTDOOR (Kruisem, Belgium).

"Terrace canopy and method for producing same" was invented by Thomas De Rycke (Ghent, Belgium) and Kristof Lemiegre (Gentbrugge, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terrace canopy comprising a column and a beam (5), the beam being supported by the column (70) at a position between its ends and the beam, at that location, having a recess (100) such that two to facing ends (103, 104) are present in the beam. Fastening means in the form of headboards (60) are provided between the ends of the beam and the column for attaching the beam to the column. The head...