ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,920, issued on July 15, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).
"Multi-segment movable railing assembly" was invented by Christopher Michael Vamos (Orlando, Fla.), Jimmie Bryan Andrews (Orlando, Fla.), David Gerard Majdali (Orlando, Fla.), Nathan John Morris (Riverdale, Utah), Kathryn Wisdom (Ogden, Utah) and Roger Allen Sharp (Hyrum, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A movable railing assembly includes a first railing segment having a first bogie and a first barrier coupled to the first bogie. The first bogie is configured to engage a track positioned below the first barrier and to facilitate movement ...