ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,797, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to RUNWAY SAFE IPR AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Vehicle arresting system" was invented by Ralf Scherrer (Urnasch, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle arresting system includes a base layer, a carrier positioned and fixed by at least one fixation means on said base layer, a levelling layer, and a top layer. The base layer includes at least one compressible material. The base layer includes a bottom sublayer, a middle sublayer, and optionally an upper sublayer. The bottom sublayer includes a compressible material. The at least one fixation means fixedly attaches the carrier to the base...