ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,399, issued on Dec. 16.

"Worksite alert system" was invented by Thomas James Evans II (San Jon, N.M.), Baylee Marie Jones Salvador (Tucumcari, N.M.), Sariah Elizabeth Mardo (Tucumcari, N.M.), Rachel Eve Mardo (Tucumcari, N.M.), Nolan Alexander Ryen (Tucumcari, N.M.), Aaron Chand (Tucumcari, N.M.), Justin James Keith (Tucumcari, N.M.), Marcus Ray Lopez (Tucumcari, N.M.) and Mikayla Lauren Klinger (Tucumcari, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention is directed to an ad-hoc peer-to-peer wireless worksite alert system with transceiver devices that communicate with each other using radio signals encoded with a unique identifier...