ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,011, issued on April 1, was assigned to Lineage Logistics LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Automated warehouse improvements" was invented by Elliott Gerard Wolf (San Francisco), Christopher Eckman (San Francisco) and Brian Gutschow (Blair, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document generally describes warehousing systems that can, in certain instances, improve the efficiency of warehousing operations and improve utilization of available space in a warehousing facility. The warehousing system may be implemented in an automated warehouse, such as an automated cold-storage facility, that uses programmable equipment to automate tasks associ...