ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,174, issued on March 25, was assigned to CONTEYOR INTERNATIONAL NV (Merelbeke, Belgium).
"Guiding rail and transport container" was invented by Bart Vermeulen (Ghent, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a first aspect, the invention concerns a guiding rail comprising a guiding channel having a slit opening. The guiding rail is further provided with one or more sliding elements, and a blocking element coupled to the guiding rail. In particular, a blocking portion of the blocking element is movable between first and second positions. In further aspects, the invention discloses a transport container provided with such guiding rai...