US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on May 26 for "Compact room air purifier with integrated gaskets" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,601, issued on May 26, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Compact room air purifier with integrated gaskets" was invented by Brian D. Gale (Blaine, Minn.), Alonso M. Hernandez (Minneapolis) and Andrew R. Fox (Oakdale, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A room air purifier including upper and lower portions with the lower portion including a detachable floor panel. The upper portion and the floor panel may respectively include integrated resilient upper and lower gaskets configured so that with an air filter removably installed in the room air purifier and with the floor panel attached to a lower housing...