ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,655, issued on May 6, was assigned to KUWAIT UNIVERSITY (Safat, Kuwait).
"Tactile directional guide system" was invented by Khaled Ahmed Alali (Safat, Kuwait), Khaled Ahmed Alhazza (Safat, Kuwait) and Bryan Lawrence Hoskins (Safat, Kuwait).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tactile directional guide system provides directional information in the form of vibrations for use during emergency evacuations and the like. The tactile directional guide system includes a vibrational module adapted for mounting on a support surface, such as the floor or wall of a hallway or corridor, as non-limiting examples. The vibrational module includes a pl...