ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,215, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAT Technologies USA Holdings Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
"Stack assist system" was invented by Marcel van Schijndel (Groenlo, Netherlands), Garrett Smith (Groenlo, Netherlands) and Robin J. Scott (Ada, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stack assist system includes a stacking surface, such as a pallet, configured to receive a plurality of packages thereon. A graphical display is configured to display a visual representation of an optimized stack of packages on the staking surface. A package position indicator may indicate the location of a package to be placed on package stack. The syste...