ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,445, issued on April 1, was assigned to Delta Scientific Corp. (Palmdale, Calif.).
"Method for actuating a barrier" was invented by Matthew Owens (Glendale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A barricade includes a foundation frame, a finger wedge barrier, a hinge hingedly coupling the finger wedge barrier to the foundation frame, and an actuator mechanism coupled to the foundation frame and the finger wedge barrier. The finger wedge barrier is configured to rotate about the hinge between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, and the actuator mechanism is configured to rotate the finger wedge barrier between the sto...