ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,159, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to INNOVATIVE LOGISTICS LLC (Fort Smith, Ark.).
"Mobile platform intelligent decking" was invented by Robert Thomas Pangrazio (Van Buren, Ark.) and Jefferson Maldonado (Fort Smith, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a dimensioner table (DT) that is highly transportable and can be removably or permanently affixed to a mobile platform (MP). This allows freight to be scanned at the time of pickup or each time it is unloaded/loaded onto a new MP. The dimensioning information collected from the DT can be used to create a 3D model of the freight which can be used to help provide loa...