ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,083, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SMOKE GUARD INC. (Boise, Idaho).
"Deployable fire or smoke barrier with manual egress" was invented by Logan Krueger (Boise, Idaho) and Tom Minshew (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a barrier system for shielding humans from harmful exposure to fire, smoke, noxious fumes, or contaminated air. Some embodiments provide a deployable barrier system that has a barrier retract assist system configured to assist a user in manually moving the barrier from the deployed position toward the retracted position with at least a portion of the barrier being rolled on...