ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,992, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SHIBUMI SHADE INC. (Raleigh, N.C.).
"Sun shading systems" was invented by Dane Brooks Barnes (Raleigh, N.C.), Alexander Griffith Slater (Raleigh, N.C.), Scott Christian Barnes (Raleigh, N.C.) and Alexei Tcherepanov (Fairfax, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing shade onto a surface is disclosed, where the system includes at least one frame that includes a plurality of sections configured for engagement in an end-to-end alignment to provide the frame in a supporting configuration; a canopy defining a length and a width, the canopy being supportable by the at least one fra...