ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,111, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to AFA SYSTEMS LTD. (Brampton, Canada).
"Method and apparatus loading of cases with items" was invented by H. J. Paul Langen (Brampton, Canada), Sharran Badrie (Brampton, Canada), Tomasz Kardynal (Mississauga, Canada) and Constantin Mighiu (Thornhill, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is disclosed for loading cases with items comprising: an item delivery apparatus operable to deliver a plurality of items to a transfer station; a collation platform operable to support a group of items; a pedestal apparatus operable to support the group of items; a first transfer apparatus operable to t...