ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,588, issued on May 12, was assigned to CLD Fencing Systems Ltd. (Cheshire, Great Britain).
"Barrier" was invented by Giulian Zullo (Cheshire, Great Britain), Russell Wells (Cheshire, Great Britain) and Vernon Wells (Cheshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present application include a barrier system to control access including but not limited to a body, an arm, an actuator, a power source which may not be connected to mains power, a controller, or the like. The controller may be configured to instruct the actuator to move the arm reversibly between closed and open positions."
The patent was filed on ...