def METHOD_NAME():
    # Returns a Path for a vertical rectangle, with width _THICKNESS, that will
    # nicely overlap the result of _ring_path().
    width = _THICKNESS / 2.0
    inner_radius = 1.0 - _THICKNESS
    vertices = np.array(
        [
            [-width, -inner_radius],
            [width, -inner_radius],
            [width, inner_radius],
            [-width, inner_radius],
            [-width, inner_radius],
        ]
    )
    codes = np.array(
        [Path.MOVETO, Path.LINETO, Path.LINETO, Path.LINETO, Path.CLOSEPOLY]
    )
    return Path(vertices, codes)