US Patent Issued to McCue on June 30 for "Impact absorbing bollard" (Oregon, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,935, issued on June 30, was assigned to McCue Corp. (Danvers, Mass.).

"Impact absorbing bollard" was invented by Thomas Ustach (Boston) and Matthew O'Brien (Gresham, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes an inner core including a metal tube with a flange attached to its distal end, an elastic bumper assembly configured to enclose the distal end of the inner core therein, and a number of anchor assemblies, each anchor assembly including a washer and an anchor. Each anchor assembly extends through the bumper assembly and the flange such that a portion of the bumper assembly is held captive between the washer of the ...