ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,241, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Jungheinrich AG (Hamburg, Germany).
"Block storage arrangement" was invented by Michael Becker (Hainburg, Germany), Timm Morawietz (Tholey-Uberroth, Germany) and Holger Cremer (Dusseldorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Block storage arrangement and method. The block storage arrangement includes at least one container receiving space; a loading space below, in a direction of gravity, the at least one container receiving space; at least one loading vehicle, which can be moved in the loading space to a position below the at least one container receiving space, having a lifting device; and...