ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,615, issued on May 13, was assigned to FLOODSOLUTIONS NV (Schoten, Belgium).
"Self-closing flood barrier" was invented by Anthony Femont (Schilde, Belgium) and Oliver Femont (Schilde, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-closing flood barrier for protecting a hinterland against floods includes a housing having a water-side wall and a hinterland-side wall, a water inlet for letting in water into the housing, and a flood barrier element which is movable up and down in the housing. The flood barrier element acts as or includes a forcing element for causing a forced upward movement of the flood barrier element. The flood barrier...