ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,488, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Amir Shemer (Shaar Shomron, Israel).

"Methods, systems and manacling apparatuses for restraining individuals" was invented by Amir Shemer (Shaar Shomron, Israel), Ariel Schwarz (Sdot Micha, Israel), Alon Schwarz (Jerusalem), Yitzhak Ovadya (Jerusalem), Yossef Danan (Rehovot, Israel) and Lior Shemesh (Alfei Menashe, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments pertain to systems for monitoring and restraining an individual by using: a manacling apparatus comprising at least one restraining device, configured to be worn by the individual and to restrain movement of the individual; at...