ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,551, issued on June 10, was assigned to GEORG UTZ HOLDING AG (Bremgarten, Switzerland).

"Frame for pallets" was invented by Patrick Kunnemann (Salzbergen, Germany) and Axel Ritzberger (Altendorf, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A height-adjustable frame for a pallet and for accommodating an insert for goods has supports including upper and lower elements connected to one another via a hinge. The lower element and the upper elements can be pivoted towards and away from one another. In a first position, the upper and lower elements are moved towards one another and the support forms a maximum height. In a second position, th...