US Patent Issued to EagleRail Container Logistics on Sept. 30 for "Overhead transport and route management system" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,040, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to EagleRail Container Logistics LLC (Chicago).

"Overhead transport and route management system" was invented by J. Michael Meissner (Hinsdale, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overhead transport system includes a suspended railway and a motorized carrier configured to travel along the suspended railway. The motorized carrier includes a motorized trolley configured to move the motorized carrier along the suspended railway, chassis/beam configured to carry an object below the motorized trolley, and a bumper and deflection system configured to prevent the object from contacting another objec...