def METHOD_NAME():
    # Returns a Path for diagonal, top-left to bottom-right rectangle, with
    # width _THICKNESS, that will nicely overlap the result of _ring_path().
    half_width = _THICKNESS / 2.0
    central_radius = 1.0 - half_width
    cos45 = math.cos(math.radians(45))
    end_point_offset = cos45 * central_radius
    half_width_offset = cos45 * half_width
    vertices = np.array(
        [
            [
                -end_point_offset - half_width_offset,
                end_point_offset - half_width_offset,
            ],
            [
                end_point_offset - half_width_offset,
                -end_point_offset - half_width_offset,
            ],
            [
                end_point_offset + half_width_offset,
                -end_point_offset + half_width_offset,
            ],
            [
                -end_point_offset + half_width_offset,
                end_point_offset + half_width_offset,
            ],
            [
                -end_point_offset - half_width_offset,
                end_point_offset - half_width_offset,
            ],
        ]
    )
    codes = np.array(
        [Path.MOVETO, Path.LINETO, Path.LINETO, Path.LINETO, Path.CLOSEPOLY]
    )
    return Path(vertices, codes)