US Patent Issued to Google on July 28 for "Compact control barrier system" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,093, issued on July 28, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Compact control barrier system" was invented by James Murray (Mukilteo, Wash.), Nathanael Arling Worden (Mill Creek, Wash.), Rachel Soukup (Seattle) and Samuel Gardner Garrett (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes an actuator, a barrier, and a linkage system connecting the barrier to the actuator and configured to move the barrier element between a retracted position and an extended position, and a stop arranged to inhibit a motion of the linkage system in a first direction when the barrier is in the extended position."

The patent was fi...