ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,461, issued on July 22.

"Pallet hold-down system and method thereof" was invented by Matt Afful (Edmonds, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pallet hold-down system having a horizontal and vertical movement securement apparatuses and a method of using the system where a rotatable member is interconnected with a vertical and a horizontal movement securement apparatus such that rotation of the rotatable member simultaneously locks both the vertical and horizontal movement securement apparatuses to prevent horizontal and vertical pallet movements."

The patent was filed on June 14, 2021, under Application No. 17/347,326.

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