US Patent Issued to FLEX-N-GATE ADVANCED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT on Oct. 14 for "Energy absorbing side rail" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,405, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to FLEX-N-GATE ADVANCED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LLC (Warren, Mich.).

"Energy absorbing side rail" was invented by Geoffrey Brooks (Macomb, Mich.), Steve Perucca (Clinton Township, Mich.), Robert L. Fontichiaro (Saline, Mich.), John Chiang (Commerce Township, Mich.), Paul Martini (Tecumseh, Canada), Derek Bezaire (Amherstburg, Canada) and Aaron Boyer (Washington, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy absorbing side rail including an inner rail, an outer rail fixedly coupled to the inner rail defining a cavity, the outer rail defining triggers extending along at least a portion of the outer rai...