ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,261, issued on May 12, was assigned to Soletanche Freyssinet S.A.S. (Rueil-Malmaison, France).
"Apparatus for contained decontamination" was invented by Adrian Davis-Johnston (Rueil-Malmaison, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decontamination apparatus for decontaminating an external surface is provided. The decontamination apparatus has a moveable platform and a containment structure mounted on the moveable platform. The containment structure has at least one aperture and a respective contact surface arranged around the perimeter of the aperture. The contact surface is arranged to make contact with the external surface to defin...