US Patent Issued to Dematic on July 22 for "System and method for identifying and transporting non-conveyable items" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,548, issued on July 22, was assigned to Dematic Corp. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"System and method for identifying and transporting non-conveyable items" was invented by Harry Thad German (Belding, Mich.), Tyler Ernest (Cedar Springs, Mich.) and Jeffrey D. Miller (Comstock Park, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assessment system and method are provided for determining whether an item handled in a material handling system is stable and conveyable or unstable and non-conveyable. If an item is deemed non-conveyable, it is diverted or otherwise removed from the material handling system before it is transported downstream where it may...