ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,133, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to K. Hartwall Oy Ab (Soderkulla, Finland) and Container Centralen A/S (Odense SV, Denmark).

"Logistics system" was invented by Johan Lindstrom (Soderkulla, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel logistics system (1000) featuring a load carrier (100) and a cooperating superstructure (200) is proposed for transporting parcels. The load carrier has a deck (110) with a top load carrying surface (111) and a flank (112). The load carrier also has a plurality of locking protuberances (114) that extend from and are arranged spaced apart from one another on the load carrying surface (111) of the d...