ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,096, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to VAREX IMAGING Corp. (Salt Lake City).
"Article scanning system comprising a boom apparatus" was invented by Francis Baldwin (Bordon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boom apparatus for use in an article scanning system comprising: an primary upright section mountable on a vehicle; a lateral section comprising movably connected lateral portions; a secondary upright section comprising movably connected upright portions; and a radiation detector to detect radiation emitted by a radiation emitter; wherein each of the lateral section and the secondary upright section is movable between...