ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,439, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Rehrig Pacific Co. (Monterey Park, Calif.).
"Bulk and tote cart" was invented by Derick Foster (Cumming, Ga.), Dane Gin Mun Kalinowski (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) and John Frederick Paulk (Cave Springs, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cart includes a platform and a plurality of wheels supporting the platform. A plurality of retractable shelves are supported on the platform. The plurality of retractable shelves are reconfigurable between a deployed position and a retracted position. In the deployed position, a plurality of totes (or other smaller objects) can be supported on the shelves. In t...