US Patent Issued to Universal City Studios on May 27 for "System and method for inflatable restraint for a ride vehicle" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,865, issued on May 27, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"System and method for inflatable restraint for a ride vehicle" was invented by Ji Hyun Han (Winter Park, Fla.), Daniel Matthew Freedman (Orlando, Fla.), Zach Morgan (Orlando, Fla.), Christine Sorrentino (Orlando, Fla.) and Jeffrey A. Bardt (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A restraint system for a ride vehicle includes a clamp restraint having a first restraint portion and a second restraint portion configured to transition between a released configuration and a secured configuration. The clamp restraint is configured to receive a...