ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,847, issued on June 23, was assigned to SUNWEST INDUSTRIES INC. (Orange, Calif.).
"Peg shifter and method of using thereof" was invented by Reed Hauge (Irvine, Calif.), Louis Divito (Placentia, Calif.) and David Woods (Fullerton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The installation of a pool fence, specifically a pool gate, requires the drilling of installation holes on the ground near the pool. If the distance between the installation holes for the pool gate does not equal the distance between the pegs coupled to the pool gate, a peg shifter may be used that has an adjustable peg that can shift to change the location of the peg to...