ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,725, issued on July 14, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Stackable air treatment device" was invented by Michael J. Birnkrant (Manlius, N.Y.), Peter J. McKinney (Boulder, Colo.), Bridget Volz (Lizton, Ind.) and Holly Rhodes (Carmel, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stackable air treatment device is provided and includes a base, a cover, a plurality of air treatment modules modularly stackable between the base and the cover in groups of one or more to form a stack with the base and the cover and a blower configured to move air from an exterior of the stack into the stack and out through the cover. Each a...