ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,097, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Lindsay Transportation Solutions LLC (Omaha, Neb.).
"Restorable crash cushion apparatus" was invented by Joseph Nagy (Rio Vista, Calif.), Robert Hendricks (Omaha, Neb.), Augusto Piccinini (Milan), Nicholas Kent Bang (Omaha, Neb.), Nathan Daniel Poppe (Omaha, Neb.), Marco Anghileri (Milan) and Valeria Di Giacomo (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crash cushion apparatus broadly comprising a rail assembly, a number of dividers and a number of side panels forming a number of collapsible bays, and a number of crushable tubes. The rail assembly includes a number of anchor plates and a rail. The...