US Patent Issued to Koala Wall on May 27 for "System and method for preventing access to steps in retracted bleachers" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,829, issued on May 27, was assigned to Koala Wall LLC (Lavonia, Ga.).

"System and method for preventing access to steps in retracted bleachers" was invented by James Reid Jr. (Lavonia, Ga.) and Peyton Hart (Royston, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The solution is directed to a bleacher step access prevention system. The system is configured to be locked in place over a stairway of a retracted bleacher system in order to prevent climbing of the stairway when the bleacher system is in a retracted state. Certain embodiments are configured to accommodate handrails of the bleacher system so that handrails do not have to be removed from...