US Patent Issued to Bus Gates on May 12 for "School bus safety devices and systems" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,507, issued on May 12, was assigned to Bus Gates Inc. (Rochester, Ill.).

"School bus safety devices and systems" was invented by Daniel F. Thompson (Rochester, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one instance, a safety device is mounted to an exterior side of a school bus. The safety device includes a mounting bracket configured for coupling to a mounting motor, with the mounting bracket being moveable between a undeployed position and an deployed position by the mounting motor. An arm portion is coupled to the mounting bracket. The arm portion has a proximal end and a distal end, with the proximal end being coupled to the mounting...