ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,774, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Bus Gates Inc. (Rochester, Ill.).
"School bus safety devices and systems" was invented by Daniel F. Thompson (Rochester, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one instance, a light weight safety arm is coupled to and extends beyond a stop sign coupled to a motor-driven rotatable mount on an exterior side of a school bus. In another instance, a school bus safety device is disclosed that includes a stop sign portion, an arm portion, and a mounting portion. The arm portion, stop sign portion and mounting portion are cut out together as one piece from a single sheet of material. Other embodiments an...