ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,669, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to J.J. MacKay Canada Ltd. (New Glasgow, Canada).
"Lighweight vandal resistent parking meter" was invented by George A. MacKay (New Glasgow, Canada), James G. MacKay (Frasers Mountain, Canada), Adrian I. O'Neil (New Glasgow, Canada), Robert S. Cosh (Antigonish, Canada), Darren S. Cameron (New Glasgow, Canada), Gregory E. Chauvin (Brookside, Canada), David A. McMullin (Ottawa), Michael Brown (Ottawa) and Matthew Watson (Ottawa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parking meter may have a housing that is formed at least significantly of an impact resistant material. In particular, the impact resistant...