US Patent Issued on May 26 for "Two-shot molded vapor seal" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,546, issued on May 26.

"Two-shot molded vapor seal" was invented by Charles Heitmeyer (Defiance, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical box assembly is described. The electrical box assembly has a box structure, an opening, and a door disposed within the opening; the door formed of at least two adjacent facets meeting at a frangible region. The electrical box assembly may further include a flange to maintain a vapor barrier when installed within a building structure. The door is configured to maintain a vapor-tight electrical box assembly by forming a vapor-tight seal upon a wire during installation of said wire."

The pate...