ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,449, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Pevco Systems International Inc. (Baltimore).

"ADA-compliant workstation for pneumatic tube delivery system" was invented by Steven M. Dahl (Baltimore), Andrey Jasiukaitis (Ellicott City, Md.), Chad Schneider (Owings Mills, Md.), Joseph Gaultney (Baltimore) and Charles Cateora (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A workstation includes a housing and a pneumatic tube port sized and shaped to connect to tubing of a pneumatic tube delivery system. The workstation includes a carrier dispatch and arrival mechanism coupling to the pneumatic tube port and having an outlet and a slide plate movabl...