ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,840, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Rehrig Pacific Co. (Monterey Park, Calif.).
"Pallet sled and delivery system" was invented by Robert Lee Martin (Kenosha, Wis.), Jason Crawford Miller (Bedford, Texas) and Dane Gin Mun Kalinowski (Foothill Ranch, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pallet sled includes a pair of tines extending forward from a base. A load wheel supports each of the pair of tines. The load wheels are each configured to move away from the respective tine to lift the respective tine upward relative to a support surface on which the load wheel is supported. A processor on the pallet sled records usage of the sl...