ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,682, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Dematic Corp. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
"Multi-level tray loader" was invented by Jared Hills (Lowell, Mich.), Dean Leek (Caledonia, Mich.), Matthew Bair (Caledonia, Mich.) and Nolan R. Pilarz (Ada, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for loading trays with articles using a first tray conveyor on which empty trays are delivered and an article conveyor on which articles are delivered to be transferred onto empty trays. The trays include a frame with a peripheral raised edge and a base having at least one aperture and a transport plate for the articles, the transp...