ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,856, issued on March 18, was assigned to United Barrier Technologies Inc. (Tyngsboro, Mass.).
"Water barrier systems and related methods" was invented by Phillip M. DeLaine Jr. (Tyngsboro, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Water barrier systems may include a first mobile water barrier and an adjacent second mobile water barrier. Vertical position control mechanisms may be configured to lower sidewalls of the mobile water barriers. The mobile water barriers may include sealing elements to form water seals between the adjacent mobile water barriers and between the sidewalls and a surface adjacent to the water barriers. Related meth...