US Patent Issued to Brandbumps on March 18 for "Tactile warning panel apparatus with smart technology" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,357, issued on March 18, was assigned to Brandbumps LLC (Verona, Wis.).

"Tactile warning panel apparatus with smart technology" was invented by Christopher Gary Henshue (Verona, Wis.), Gary LaVerne Henshue (Madison, Wis.) and James Cyrus Rice (Middleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multipurpose tactile warning panels for use in pedestrian walkways, and in particular tactile warning panels that are designed and built with multifunction/multipurpose capabilities that serve the visually impaired and enable the deployment of smart city technology by integrating tactile warning systems and subsurface enclosures that can withstand...