ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,642, issued on June 24, was assigned to POOLPOD PRODUCTS LTD (Glasgow, Great Britain).

"Storage apparatus and associated methods" was invented by Josh Reid (Glasgow, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A changing area storage locker with at least a first door and a second door. The locker has a storage cavity accessible via the first door or the second door. At least one locking system is provided for locking one or both of the first and second doors. The locking system is configured to prohibit access to the storage cavity via the first and second doors simultaneously."

The patent was filed on July 31, 2020, under Applicat...