US Patent Issued to GEN-PROBE on June 24 for "Locking mechanism for releasably locking a receptacle carrier to a carrier support" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,327, issued on June 24, was assigned to GEN-PROBE Inc. (San Diego).

"Locking mechanism for releasably locking a receptacle carrier to a carrier support" was invented by David A. Buse (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier support moveable between a first position and a second position is configured to hold a carrier for holding a plurality of receptacles. The carrier support includes a carrier locking mechanism to lock the carrier with respect to the carrier support when the carrier support is in the second position and to release the carrier when the carrier support is in the first position to permit the carrier to be r...