ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,611, issued on May 13, was assigned to Sicking Safety Systems LLC (Indian Springs Village, Ala.).
"Guardrail terminal" was invented by Dean L. Sicking (Indian Springs Village, Ala.), Dakotah Sicking (Keller, Texas), Steven D. Thompson (Bessemer, Ala.), Kenneth Walls (Trussville, Ala.), Kevin D. Schrum (Pelham, Ala.), Joseph Schwertz (Birmingham, Ala.), David Littlefield (Vestavia Hills, Ala.) and Andrew Dameron (Birmingham, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Guardrail, guardrail terminal, and support post designs that improve control of a vehicle during collisions are described. The disclosed designs also reduce the likelihood of in...