ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,259, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).
"Bundling system for banding item(s)" was invented by Oliver Watmough (Sammamish, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bundling system that is configured to band item(s) together. The bundling system may have a platform having a plurality of actuatable rods that are configured to move between a retracted state and an extended state. The retraction of the rods may create a pocket within the rods for receiving the item(s), and may keep the item(s) in place while the item(s) are banded together. For example, a banding mechanism may place one or more band(s) ar...