ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,415, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Deutsche Post AG (Bonn, Germany).

"Device for transporting objects" was invented by Hillar Loh (Niederkassel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for transporting objects, including a first conveyor element and a second conveyor element. The first conveyor element protrudes beyond the second conveyor element, a first conveying surface being formed by the first conveyor element, and a second conveying surface being formed by the second conveyor element. The first conveying element being movable in dependence on the weight of the object to be transported, so that a first object of a f...