US Patent Issued to Northquip on July 8 for "Portable livestock corral with dual and single alley modes of operation, bud box capability, and transport safety bar" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,661, issued on July 8, was assigned to Northquip Inc. (Winnipeg, Canada).

"Portable livestock corral with dual and single alley modes of operation, bud box capability, and transport safety bar" was invented by Stephen Arthur Langrell (Woodlands, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable livestock corral features a central alleyway subdivided into two alleys and having two sets of foldable corral panels for forming livestock pens on opposing sides of the alleyway. On either side of the alleyway, a bud box is selectively deployable at a corner of the respective livestock pen that resides across from an openable/closable alleyway ...