ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,793, issued on April 29, was assigned to Luis Jones (Las Vegas).

"Guard assemblies" was invented by Luis Jones (Las Vegas) and Bradley Ward (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example system in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes an opening assembly and a guard assembly installable in a floor above an enclosed region. The opening assembly is actuatable between an open configuration to provide access to the enclosed region, and a closed configuration in which the opening assembly provides a closed surface. A guard assembly is mounted to the opening assembly and actuatable independent of the opening ass...