ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,081, issued on July 7, was assigned to Brighterway Solutions Inc. (Sant Ana, Calif.).

"Interactive warning pad for enhanced user feedback" was invented by Jeffrey Jay Collins (Santa Ana, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interactive warning pad provides static tactile feedback with a raised set of knobs over the interactive warning pad surface to notify users of a potential hazard. The interactive warning pad also provides enhanced or different sensory feedback to identify a specify type of hazard that the interactive warning pad is intended to protect against and different states associated with the hazard. The interactive war...