ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,457, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Mac LTT Inc. (Kent, Ohio).
"Safety zone with breakaway for use on a tanker truck" was invented by James A. Maiorana (Hartville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a safety arm and a coupler on the safety arm. The coupler couples the first safety arm to the vehicle. The first safety arm is adapted to fall away from the vehicle without damaging the vehicle when the safety arm contacts an object."
The patent was filed on Jan. 8, 2021, under Application No. 17/144,508.
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