ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,977, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Multimatic Inc. (Markham, Canada).
"Van cargo management system" was invented by Rudolf Gruber (Uxbridge, Canada), Michael Gordon Lehti (Ashburn, Canada), Robert Hadisutanto (Victoria, Australia) and Daniel James Gebbing (Victoria, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A row of docking stations to stow containers or trolleys is provided along at least one side of a van cargo storage area and a corridor for loading and unloading containers or trolleys individually or in groups from the rear of the van is provided. Preferably, the docking stations are automated. Interference with the storage and...