ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,404, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Specialty Manufacturing Inc. (Belton, Mo.).

"Vehicle status indicator systems with enhanced assemblies, actuator devices, and illumination features" was invented by Michael Beck (Huntersville, N.C.), Christopher Egan (Huntersville, N.C.) and Walker Coriell Clark (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For a variety of different kinds of vehicles, such as school buses and other types of vehicles, various embodiments of vehicle status indicator systems including sign components are provided. Enhancements are described in association with status indicator assemblies, actuator devices for e...