ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,414, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Ancra International LLC (Hebron, Ky.).
"Motorized horizontal support system" was invented by Robert Joseph Williams (West Chester, Ohio), Jerome Thomas Jones (Independence, Ky.) and Gregory Alan Kauffman (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorized horizontal support system may include first and second vertical tracks that are configured to be installed upon opposing walls of a cargo compartment; first and second brackets that each slide along the respective first and second vertical tracks; a horizontal support disposed between and fixed with respect to the first and second bracket...