US Patent Issued to Allied Tube & Conduit on Sept. 8 for "Ultra-shallow bollard assembly" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,494, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. (Harvey, Ill.).

"Ultra-shallow bollard assembly" was invented by Cain Vidamo (West Covina, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bollard assembly, including a main body surrounding a post, wherein the main body is operable to be positioned below grade, and wherein the post is operable to extend above grade. The main body may include an upper plate including an opening to receive the post, a lower plate opposite the upper plate, and a plurality of support members extending between the upper plate and the lower plate, wherein two or more support members of the plural...