ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,592, issued on April 22, was assigned to TE PARI PRODUCTS Ltd. (Oamaru, New Zealand).
"Animal handling device" was invented by Nicholas Mark Blampied (Oamaru, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is an animal handling device in the form of a cattle crush with automated headbail capture, back bar operation and positional sensing along with methods of use thereof. The crush and method offer automation for functions that in the art have been largely manual and inherently labour intensive, physical and even potentially dangerous for the operator and/or animal."
The patent was filed on July 1, 2022, under Applicatio...