ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,198, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ATG ACCESS LTD (Merseyside, Great Britain).

"Bollards and barriers" was invented by Robert Nicholas Ball (Merseyside, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bollard apparatus for use as a vehicle barrier includes: a plurality of bollard members; a plurality of separate foot members adapted for ground engagement by placement upon or embedment within a surface, one or more of which is attached to at least one bollard member upstanding therefrom, wherein at least one foot member includes: a front edge; a rear edge; at least one lateral edge which opposes a corresponding lateral edge of a n...