ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,083, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Harman Professional Denmark APS (Aarhus N, Denmark).

"Flag actuation system for a lighting fixture" was invented by Niels Jorgen Rasmussen (Egaa, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flag actuation system for a lighting fixture is disclosed. The flag actuation system includes an actuator, an actuator axle connected to and drivable by the actuator, and at least two flags, each flag being movable between a first position in which the flag is arranged in an optical path defined by the flag actuation system, and a second position in which the flag is arranged out of the optical path. Each flag ...