ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,701, issued on Nov. 4.
"Article transportation pallet" was invented by Kazutoyo Hirano (Wakayama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Object] To provide an article transportation pallet which does not take up much space during storage or transportation and can normally load and transport articles during use.[Solution Means] The article transportation pallet includes a foldable pallet body 4 having a first surface structure in which a plurality of first plate bodies 2 formed in a strip shape are arranged so as to be parallel to each other in a plane direction and a second surface structure in which a plurality of second plate bodies ...