ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,230, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to BOK Modern LLC (San Rafael, Calif.).
"Guardrail formed from folded sheet metal" was invented by Russell Naylor (San Rafael, Calif.) and Alan Beirne (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guardrail formed of folded sheet metal includes a face panel, a top panel extending rearwardly from the top edge of the face panel, a return panel extending downwardly from a return edge of the face panel, the return edge being opposite the top edge, and an end panel extending rearwardly from a side edge of the face panel and having the same width as the distance as the distance between the front surface...