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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2021
The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of Homeland Security, Washington, DC (US);
Joseph DiCicco, Cape May Court House, NJ (US);
Paul Flanigan, Northfield, NJ (US);
Joshua Stroker, Somers Point, NJ (US);
James Deline, Egg Harbor City, NJ (US);
Abstract
An alignment tool has a body with a top cavity. The top cavity is open on a top side and configured to receive the dispenser housing of a dispenser or a sampling medium head of a sampling medium on which to place the dispenser housing. The sampling medium head has a sample collection area. The body has a bottom cavity configured to receive a hammer arm. The body has one or more sampling media cavities disposed between the top cavity and the bottom cavity, each configured to receive another sampling medium having a respective sample collection area. A barrier is disposed between the bottom cavity and other cavities including the top cavity and the one or more sampling media cavities. The top cavity and the one or more sampling media cavities are in communication with each other via a common slot extending from the top cavity to the barrier. The top cavity and the one or more sampling media cavities are configured to receive a plurality of different sampling media and to align the dispenser housing with the sample collection area of each of the different sampling media.