ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,886, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Rapiscan Holdings Inc. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Tray insert for screening tray" was invented by Philippe Desjeans-Gauthier (St-Laurent, Canada), Emmanuel St-Aubin (St-Laurent, Canada), Simon Archambault (St-Laurent, Canada) and William Awad (St-Laurent, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article for screening includes a top surface and a bottom surface. A forward wall, an aft wall and side walls each extend between the top surface and the bottom surface. A longitudinal recess extends at least partially across the top surface has a first lateral wall extending away from the top surface toward ...