ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,728, issued on March 31.
"Modular floor cassette" was invented by James Geronimo Archuleta (Pilot Rock, Ore.), Benjamin Kaiser (Portland, Ore.) and Emily Dawson (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor cassette for a housing module includes a base that is sized to fit under a floor of the modular housing unit. The floor cassette also includes a perimeter drain incorporated into a perimeter of the base, where the perimeter drain comprises a cavity designed to collect liquid from the floor of the modular housing unit. The cavity of the perimeter drain also comprises an air duct that delivers heated or cooled air to the m...