ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,469, issued on Feb. 4.

"Deployable traffic mitigators with a network array" was invented by Taylor Rae Newville (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for mitigating traffic are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a traffic mitigation system includes a plurality of traffic mitigation devices. Each traffic mitigation device can include a base, a cap movably coupled to the base, a motor coupled to move the cap between a flush position and a raised position, a battery coupled to the motor, a power generator coupled to the battery, and an electronics unit housed in the base. The electronics unit comprises a contr...