ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,884, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Westin Automotive Products Inc. (San Dimas, Calif.).

"Emergency release system for public safety vehicle security partition" was invented by Carlos Rios (Mira Loma, Calif.), Jose Eduardo Lopez Moctezuma (La Mirada, Calif.) and Jeremy Lanini (Minden, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a security partition having a quick release emergency release system for a vehicle comprising: a partition frame attached to a front partition panel and a release partition panel having a release partition pin interface, partition locking interfaces, and an emergency panel system h...