ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,972, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Korber Supply Chain LLC (DFW Airport, Texas).
"System and method for parcel slug accumulation and redistribution" was invented by Michael D. Carpenter (Arlington, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include a parcel processing system and methods for operating the same. The parcel processing system includes a collector configured to receive a flow of parcels and a slug accumulation system configured to receive the flow of parcels and produce a normalized bulk flow of parcels. The parcel processing system also includes a bulk transport conveyor configured to receive the normalized bulk...