US Patent Issued on May 12 for "Apparatus, method, and system for hanging lights along a suspension wire of a bridge" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,808, issued on May 12.

"Apparatus, method, and system for hanging lights along a suspension wire of a bridge" was invented by Matthew F. Smith (Leighton, Iowa), Brady L. Dieleman (Pella, Iowa), Alex K. Bryan (University Park, Iowa), Joel D. DeBoef (New Sharon, Iowa), Chris P. Lickiss (Newton, Iowa), Thomas M. Halloran (Waukee, Iowa) and Luke C. McKee (Oskaloosa, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An LED module includes a lens, a split housing, and a cradle. The cradle defines a central opening, and includes a plurality of upwardly extending flanges, a plurality of downwardly extending flanges, and a pair of mounting cars."

The paten...