ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,547, issued on Dec. 2.
"Adjustable fencing" was invented by Jeffrey Patnode (Box Elder, S.D.) and Donna Patnode (Box Elder, S.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular livestock fencing system includes a plurality of collapsible modular fence units configured to house and control egress for livestock. Each collapsible modular fence includes two posts perpendicular to the ground and a plurality of rotatably supporting members connecting the two posts such that each rotatable supporting member can be rotated in a scissor motion to bring the two posts toward one another into a fully collapsed position where the posts are substantially ...