ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,576, issued on Nov. 25.
"Adjustable, multi-panel lead acrylic radiation barrier" was invented by Robert L. Marchione (Lebanon, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation barrier provides adjustable protection against radiation incident from multiple directions simultaneously. First and second radiation shields are pivotally retained by an axis post to form a radiation shield assembly. Each radiation shield is formed from radiation shielding material with a lead equivalence. The radiation shields have a closed configuration where the shields are disposed in a nesting relationship to a single side of the axis post with the first r...