Fisher Adams Kelly Client Wins Inventor Of The Year 2011

Fisher Adams Kelly would like to congratulate its client, Edward Evans, who was announced last night as ‘Inventor of The Year’ on ABC’s The New Inventors.

Edward, 60, from Inverell NSW, has been involved in the cattle industry all of his life and is the inventor of The Swing Gate, which is designed to minimise the risk of injury to farmers when livestock charge in confined spaces, such as a cattle truck or a cattle yard.

With thousands of injuries (from serious to fatal) resulting from cattle handling each year, The Swing Gate has dramatically increased safety for operators and livestock.

The innovation behind The Swing Gate’s success is a hinge which allows the gate to bend if charged by cattle, preventing gate operators from being struck by the full force of the impact. What’s more, the gate can be retrofitted easily, allowing existing cattle yards to increase safety for their livestock and operators.

Edward has been a client of Fisher Adams Kelly since 2009. When Ernest Graf, Patent and Trade Marks Attorney first met The Swing Gate inventor, he was impressed by the implications Edward’s invention had for the cattle industry, “Ed’s great enthusiasm and sincere desire to improve safety for livestock workers was clear from day one. He is making this a success because he knows that his invention is a much needed improvement.”

This isn’t the first time Fisher Adams Kelly clients have been recognised for intelligent innovation. In the 2009 series of The New Inventors, Col Chamberlain was awarded Inventor of The Year for his safety propeller, while Matthew Walker was a finalist for his Passwindow electronic transaction security cards.