ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,065, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ABC Transfer (Tours, France).

"Door arrangement comprising a transfer chute having two rotation axes" was invented by Julien Felix (Tours, France), Jean-Luc Schneider (Sligo, France) and Thierry Girard (Tours, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a door arrangement (1) for a door with a first enclosed volume, the arrangement permitting a sealed connection between the first enclosed volume and a second enclosed volume, and comprising a flange (2) defining passage opening and a passage axis (O) perpendicular to the opening plane, a door (4) pivotably mounted on the flang...