ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,447, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for sanitizing amusement park equipment" was invented by David Majdali (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitization system for an amusement park includes a sanitizing source for sanitizing a ride vehicle. The sanitization system may include a controller that receives an indication that the ride vehicle is in a position for sanitization. The sanitization system may include a sanitizing source, which the controller may lower into position to sanitize the ride vehicle. When sanitization is complete, the contr...