ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,677, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to L.O.A. Srl (Formigine Modena, Italy).
"Storage system" was invented by Rudolf Hansl (Linz, Austria) and Maurizio Davolio (Vignola Modena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a storage system, which comprises at least one station (2), such as a station for receiving goods, for re-shelving goods, picking goods and/or supplying goods from the store, and a high-bay warehouse (3) having a plurality of storage places (31) arranged adjacent to and on top of each other for the storage of goods, wherein the storage system (1) comprises at least one displaceable goods transpor...