ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,729, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to HCEW IP LEASING LLC (City Of Industry, Calif.).
"Side underride guard" was invented by Jeffrey J. Bennett (South Pasadena, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side underride guard for vehicles, including trailers for tractor-trailer rigs, having a series of triangular shaped stabilizers made from a vertical section extending downwardly from the structural siderail of the trailer, a horizontal section extending from the top of the vertical section, and a diagonal section extending from the bottom of the vertical section to an inboard side of the horizontal section. A series of these stabiliz...