US Patent Issued to Kress on July 22 for "Container carrier and dumping pallet" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,278, issued on July 22, was assigned to Kress Corp. (Brimfield, Ill.).

"Container carrier and dumping pallet" was invented by Noah K. Buerkett (Metamora, Ill.), Danny w. Boettcher (Brimfield, Ill.) and Clint M. Summers (Hanna City, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pallet for supporting a container includes a base, plurality of supports secured with the base, first platform rotatably supported on the base, and second platform pivotably coupled to the first platform and adapted to support the container. At least one pallet linkage arrangement couples the second platform and the first platform, and at least one pallet actuator pivo...