ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,659, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to OCADO INNOVATION Ltd. (Hatfield, Great Britain).
"Load handling system" was invented by Matthew Whelan (Hatfield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a load handling system including a container having a load carrying platform and a side wall extending around at least part of the perimeter of the load carrying platform. The side wall is to move with respect to the load carrying platform between a first position in which the load carrying platform is held substantially at a lower end of the side wall and a second position in which the load carrying platform is...