ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,858, issued on May 27, was assigned to PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SAFETY INT'L CORP. (Los Angeles).
"Vehicle safety guard system with height adjustment" was invented by Mark B. Barron (Bel Air, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety guard attached to and extending down from a body portion of a vehicle can pivot against a biasing force relative to the body portion if the safety guard engages an animate or inanimate object. In addition, the safety guard is mounted for vertical movement relative to the vehicle body and a support surface for the vehicle, with the vertical movement being selectively performed by an operator of the vehi...