ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,291, issued on July 7, was assigned to Sicking Safety Systems LLC (Indian Springs Village, Ala.).
"Guardrail terminal and guardrail assembly" was invented by Dean L. Sicking (Indian Springs Village, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corrugated guardrail, guardrail terminal, and support post designs that work to control a vehicle during collisions. Embodiments include folding and/or flattening of the corrugated guardrail and controlling the folded and flattened guardrail to avoid intrusion into the vehicle."
The patent was filed on Jan. 9, 2024, under Application No. 18/408,554.
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