US Patent Issued to Clean Air Products on Dec. 2 for "Pass-through door compartment interlock mechanism" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,699, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Clean Air Products Co. (Minneapolis).

"Pass-through door compartment interlock mechanism" was invented by Kevin Weist (Plymouth, Minn.) and Tyler Weeden (Coon Rapids, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking assembly is operatively coupled to a first door and a second door of a pass-through housing. The locking assembly includes a first locking pin on the first door and a second locking pin on the second door. The locking assembly engages the first locking pin and locks the first door when the second door is opened, and engages the second locking pin and locks the second door when the first...