ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,474, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Hanel GmbH & Co. KG (Bad Friedrichshall, Germany).

"Storage rack for the storage of long goods" was invented by Manfred Reminder (Ingelfingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a storage rack (10) for the storage of long goods (24), such as an aluminum profile or a gutter, having a housing (11), which is delimited by opposing side walls (12), for accommodating a plurality of trays (15) in which the long goods are accommodated, having a first service opening (16) disposed at an end face (13) of the housing (11), and having a transport device (14) for the automated t...