ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,720, issued on March 25.

"Elastic bollard for rack protection" was invented by Jeong Eun Jang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elastic bollard for rack protection includes: a buffer part (30) mounted on ground; a vertical pole (50) coupled to the buffer part; a case part which includes a case upper part (11) having a through-insertion port (11a) formed on an upper surface thereof so that the vertical pole penetrates and protrudes to the outside, and a case lower part (12) integrally coupled to a lower end of the case upper part, and forms an internal space to cover the buffer part (30); an elastic part (40) prov...