US Patent Issued on Sept. 22 for "Roadside personnel safety" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,940, issued on Sept. 22.

"Roadside personnel safety" was invented by Michael Auricchio (Dunellen, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roadside personnel safety system including a body-worn device assembly. The body-worn device assembly includes a microcontroller, a sensor, lights, a speaker, and haptic motors embedded in a device housing. The sensor detects possible hazardous vehicles passing near a work zone/emergency zone. The microcontroller actuates the lights, the speaker and the haptic motors when a vehicle is detected by the sensor. The microcontroller has a GPS integrated to determine the location of a wearer. The microcon...