ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,247, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LN AUTOMATION PTY LTD (Ocean Grove, Australia).
"Electric strand gate" was invented by Nathan Foote (Ocean Grove, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric strand gate has at least one electric strand thereacross. The gate comprises an actuator which moves the electric strand up along a hoisting rail from a closed position to an open position, thereby providing clearance thereunderneath for passage of livestock, vehicles and or the like through the gate. The gate may have shuttles travelling along the hoisting rail, each of which is connected to a respective electric strand. The rail a...