ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,204, issued on March 11, was assigned to Anytime Propane LLC (Blanchard, Okla.).
"Semi-automated canister distribution system and method" was invented by James P. Clark (Chickasha, Okla.), Ivan Zhidov (Chickasha, Okla.) and John Gearhart (Chickasha, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are disclosed including a semi-automated canister distribution system comprising a cabinet system including a cabinet having at least one compartment having a door, and a system controller in communication with the cabinet system and having computer processor(s) executing instructions that cause the computer processors to: receive ...