US Patent Issued to OCADO INNOVATION on Feb. 10 for "Automated storage systems, and devices" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,510, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to OCADO INNOVATION Ltd. (Hatfield, Great Britain).

"Automated storage systems, and devices" was invented by Matthew Whelan (Hatfield, Great Britain), Wilhelm Johannisson (Hatfield, Great Britain) and Alice Moss (Hatfield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grid framework structure includes a first set of parallel rails or tracks and a second set of parallel rails or tracks extending substantially perpendicularly to the first set of rails or tracks in a substantially horizontal plane to form a grid pattern. The grid is supported by a set of uprights to form a plurality of vertical stor...