ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,460, issued on June 10, was assigned to Seegrid Corp. (Pittsburgh).
"Laterally operating payload handling device" was invented by Mitchell Weiss (Carlisle, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loading frame includes a rectangular u-shaped frame with an opening at one side, forks extendable and retractable between the closed side and the open side of the U-shaped frame, loading frame wheels on one arm of the U-shaped frame, and a truck interface on the other arm of the U-shaped frame. The loading frame wheels and truck interface support travel of the frame in a direction other than the direction of travel of the forks between the op...