ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,431, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to OCADO INNOVATION Ltd. (Hatfield, Great Britain).
"Grid framework structure" was invented by Stephen Bohan (Hatfield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-seismic grid framework system including a grid framework structure configured for supporting a load handling device operative to move one or more containers in a stack. The anti-seismic grid framework system includes a seismic isolation system for reducing seismic forces acting on the grid framework structure, wherein the grid framework structure is supported by the seismic isolation system, the seismic isolation system includi...