US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Dec. 16 for "Safety system, article of personal protective equipment, and method" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,742, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Safety system, article of personal protective equipment, and method" was invented by Andrew A. S. Cox (Indian Trail, N.C.), Matthew Shannon (Salisbury, N.C.), Richard J. Sabacinski (Charlotte, N.C.), Wesley M. Barbee (Oxboro, N.C.), Craig M. Parkulo (Midland, N.C.) and Darin K. Thompson (Huntersville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety system for a user includes an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) configured to be at least partially in contact with the user. The safety system further includes at least one tactile actuator ...