US Patent Issued to Universal City Studios on Dec. 30 for "Systems and methods for sanitizing amusement park equipment" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,331, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for sanitizing amusement park equipment" was invented by David Majdali (Orlando, Fla.) and John Ugrin (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitization system for an amusement park includes a sanitization station disposed along a ride path of a ride of the amusement park. The sanitization station includes a housing configured to receive a ride vehicle as the ride vehicle travels along the ride path, an ultraviolet light source configured to transmit ultraviolet light toward a surface of the ride vehicle, and a ...