ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,628, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. (Foxboro, Mass.).
"Force indicator for a gate" was invented by Thomas Gries (Seekonk, Mass.) and Brandon M. Drumm (Holbrook, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gate unit a gate mount adapted to mate with a frame bordering a passageway and a gate mounted on the gate mount for movement between an opened position opening a passage formed in the gate mount and a closed position closing the passage formed in the gate mount. The gate unit further includes force indicator used during installation of the gate mount."
The patent was filed on Sept. 20, 2024, under Applica...