ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,775, issued on Feb. 25.
"Safety corridor arrangement" was invented by Mitchell Lee Lewis (North Ward, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a safety corridor arrangement for use in emergency situations, including an activation means, an operation means, associated with an activation centre, and a safety corridor suitable to guide or direct a person on a particular pathway. The activation centre, through activation of the activation means can cause operation of the operation means, and the operation means creates the safety corridor to guide a person along the safety corridor towards an exit. The invention ...