ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,109, issued on May 27, was assigned to Slab Innovation Inc. (Saint-Hubert, Canada).

"Adaptable spacer roping installation system for casted concrete products or the likes and palletizing system therewith" was invented by Benoit Slavinski (St-Basile-Le-Grand, Canada), Ludovic Legendre (Montreal) and Victor Harvey-Rheaume (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptable spacer roping installation system includes a robot for positioning adjacent a palletizing surface, and a rope-positioning bar for positioning adjacent the palletizing surface. The robot is equipped with a tool head that allows receiving and ...