US Patent Issued to SB INGENIERIE on July 21 for "Post for securing a panel, and French-style balcony, privacy screen or sunshade comprising such a post" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,024, issued on July 21, was assigned to SB INGENIERIE (Poisy, France).

"Post for securing a panel, and French-style balcony, privacy screen or sunshade comprising such a post" was invented by Leandre Rouif (Epagny, France), Romain Chapel (Saint Sylvestre, France) and Sylvianne Giacometti (Choisy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A post for securing a panel (1) includes a base (5), having two faces (5a, 5b) which are substantially orthogonal with respect to each other. The base has one face (5a) which is parallel to the plane of the panel (1), having a linear compression seal (13) at its free end, and one face (5b) which is ortho...