ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,642, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).
"Door seal for an elevator car" was invented by Rene Strebel (Sarmenstorf, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door seal for an elevator car includes a first tube and a second tube made of an elastically deformable sealing material; the door seal adapted to be mounted on a car wall and/or car door of the elevator car such that the first and second tubes, when the door closes a door opening in the car wall, lie opposite one another within a door gap in a bridging direction and run at least partially around the door opening. The first tube has a pres...