US Patent Issued to Raytheon on March 24 for "Deployable doorway bumper" (Massachusetts, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,346, issued on March 24, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Tewksbury, Mass.).

"Deployable doorway bumper" was invented by Richard J. Adams (Charlestown, Mass.), Ryan D. Tracy (Waltham, Mass.) and James Strickler (Naples, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A doorway is provided that includes a door frame, a door and a bumper. The door frame includes a passage, a header, a first jamb and a second jamb. The passage extends laterally between the first jamb and the second jamb. The passage extends vertically along the first jamb and the second jamb to the header. The door is configured to move between a closed position and an open position...