ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,509, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to OCADO INNOVATION Ltd. (Hatfield, Great Britain).
"Raising and lowering containers" was invented by James Benfold (Hatfield, Great Britain), Daniel Popa (Hatfield, Great Britain), Matthew Harman (Hatfield, Great Britain), Vipin Pillai (Hatfield, Great Britain), Matthew Whelan (Hatfield, Great Britain), Wilhelm Johannisson (Hatfield, Great Britain) and Liam Harrison (Hatfield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and load-handling device for lifting and moving containers are disclosed, the load-handling device including: a body having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upp...