ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,487, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to K-Systems South (Douglasville, Ga.).

"Storage and transportation apparatus" was invented by Mark Alan Mikeal (Douglasville, Ga.), Kathy Elaine Mikeal (Douglasville, Ga.), Mark Andrew Mikeal (Douglasville, Ga.) and Mark Brandon Milner (Temple, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage and transportation apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a base frame and a base plate attached to the base frame. The base plate may be attached to the base frame such that the base plate may be disposed parallel to a base frame plane. The apparatus may further include an inverted U-shaped handrail ...