ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,566, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Ameristar Perimeter Security USA Inc. (Tulsa, Okla.).
"Cantilevered gate kit" was invented by Benton P. Flusche (Tulsa, Okla.) and Nathan T. Haney (Owasso, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The frame of a cantilevered gate is formed from upper and lower tracks, each of which is formed from a series of track sections. Adjacent track sections are spliced together. At the lower track, two mirror-image lower splicing elements fit over opposite sides of the joined track sections. At the upper track, a single upper splicing element forms an external connection between the track sections, while a spl...