ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,993, issued on May 13, was assigned to ARCHANGEL DEVICE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"System and method for portable, safety lighting" was invented by Ronald R. Dir (Sturtevant, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting system includes a top housing, a bottom housing, and lens arranged between the top housing and the bottom housing. The lens includes a plurality of side surfaces that extend between the top housing and the bottom housing to form a perimeter of the lens. A plurality of lighting elements are configured to direct an emission of light out of the plurality of side surfaces. A controller is configured to selectively energize ...