ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,384, issued on July 15, was assigned to Safety X Enterprises LLC (Cary, N.C.).

"Traffic marker illumination device" was invented by Peter A. Reckert (Cary, N.C.), David Alton Chamblee (Raleigh, N.C.), Tristan Tyler Neal (Clayton, N.C.) and Bobby Dayle Price (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traffic marker illumination device for improving the visibility of a traffic marker to provide warnings for constructions sites and roadways. The traffic marker illumination device is designed to removably attach to an interior portion of a traffic marker. The traffic marker illumination device generates a light to illuminate the traffi...