ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,600, issued on April 14, was assigned to Ruphavathy Vishal (India).

"Seal assembly for an elevator and a method to operate the same" was invented by Ruphavathy Vishal (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal assembly (100) for an elevator (200) is disclosed. The seal assembly includes a covering structure (102). The covering structure covers a top portion of the elevator. The covering structure (102) comprises a plurality of pairs of U-shaped slots (102A) integrally formed along a peripheral portion of the covering structure (102), the plurality of pairs of U-shaped slots (102A) being arranged in mutually orthogonal ori...