US Patent Issued to McCue on Aug. 25 for "Barrier including strap with strap retention mechanism" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,182, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to McCue Corp. (Danvers, Mass.).

"Barrier including strap with strap retention mechanism" was invented by Teodoro A. Mesa (Lynn, Mass.) and Thomas Ustach (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective barrier includes a first rail receiving member, a second rail receiving member, a rail extending between the first rail receiving member and the second rail receiving member, the rail having ends received by the first rail receiving member and the second rail receiving member, and a strap system extending between the first rail receiving member and the second rail receiving member and through th...