ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,646, issued on June 10.
"Shielded lift and transport devices for radioactive payloads" was invented by Derek Gatlin (Hampden, Maine).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are radioactive lift transport carts including a wheeled base having a platform, a shielding assembly on the platform and including a shield casing having an interior cavity, a first well positioned within the interior cavity and sized to receive a first radioactive payload, a second well positioned within the interior cavity and sized to receive a second radioactive payload, the shield casing extending around the first and second well casings to form one or...