ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,704, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to GEICO S.p.A. (Cinisello Balsamo, Italy).

"Transport systems for objects in industrial plants" was invented by Daniel Raspone (Cinisello Balsamo, Italy) and Valerio Iglio (Cinisello Balsamo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport system for an industrials plant may include: at least one trolley configured to autonomously transport an object; at least one skid configured to support the object; and at least one station configured to load the at least one skid onto the at least one trolley and configured to unload the at least one skid off of the at least one trolley. The at least one tro...