ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,587, issued on June 17, was assigned to Regalo International LLC (Longboat Key, Fla.).

"Gated barrier with visual indicator" was invented by Mark A. Flannery (Longboat Key, Fla.), Gary T. Schultze (Savage, Minn.), Luke J. Duininck (Richfield, Minn.), Kyle J. Willette (Savage, Minn.), Matthew A. Willms (Woodbury, Minn.), Timothy C. Daggy (Shakopee, Minn.), Kasey L. Pipo (Elko New Market, Minn.), William D. Butterfield (River Falls, Wis.) and Michael P. Lane (Chaska, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present gated barrier includes a visual indicator to show the end user one or more features of the gate barrier such as how to set...