ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,589, issued on April 15, was assigned to OPEX Corp. (Moorestown, N.J.).
"Material handling system" was invented by Alexander Stevens (Moorestown, N.J.) and Joseph Valinsky (Moorestown, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include a vehicle for delivering items and a plurality of racks having a plurality of storage locations. The racks may be arranged to form one or more aisles. The vehicles are configured to drive horizontally along a path that may extend along a path under the racks that is parallel to the aisles. Additionally, the vehicles may be operated to turn while the vehicle is positioned under one of the racks. Th...