ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,823, issued on Nov. 11.
"Horizontal wind tunnel with wind force simulator chamber" was invented by Ingus Augstkalns (Marupe, Latvia) and Kristians Rimkus (Marupe, Latvia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to horizontal wind tunnels for simulating a wind force. The simulator comprises a recirculating airflow channel (1) comprising a first horizontal side member (2), a first airflow turning member (3), a return side member (4), and a second airflow turning member (5). The first horizontal side member (2) comprises a horizontal simulator chamber (6) capable of accommodating at least one human during normal use....