ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,768, issued on May 13.
"Side underride prevention system for a box style trailer" was invented by Taylor Parks (Alvarado, Texas), Chandra K. Thorbole (Alvarado, Texas) and Lorenzo Kirk Parks (Alvarado, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side underride prevention system configured to be coupled to a trailer to operate in upward and downward configurations, includes a front mounting bracket assembly configured to be coupled to the trailer, a rear mounting bracket assembly configured to be coupled to the trailer at a location spaced-apart from the front mounting racket assembly, and a cable grid configured to be coupled with front a...