ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,864, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SLIDE2SEAL LTD. (Kerem Ben Zimra, Israel).

"System and method for reversibly covering a zone" was invented by Eyal Shay (Yiron, Israel), Johanan Raviv (Ramat Gan, Israel) and Yoram Nir (Yesud Hamaala, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rail element is provided having a longitudinal axis, a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end longitudinally spaced from the first end along the longitudinal axis. The rail element includes a rail body longitudinally extending between the first longitudinal end and the second longitudinal end, the rail body defining therein at least one longitu...