ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,205, issued on Feb. 17.
"Anchoring system for a traffic barrier" was invented by Benjamin Fraser Powell (King City, Canada), Dean Clinton Alberson (Ingram, Texas), Mohammad Talha Ghuman (Newmarket, Canada) and Leo J. Yodock III (Bloomsburg, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for anchoring a traffic barrier to a road is disclosed. The traffic barrier has a footer and a wall extending inward and upward from the footer to a top surface. Anchor recesses intersect the footer. A footer port extends through the footer beneath the anchor recess. An insert having a head portion and probe is positioned in the anchor recess ...