ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,613, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SSI Schafer Automation GmbH (AT) (Graz, Austria).

"Transport bag for hanging transport of conveying good as well as an unloading station, a closing station, and a conveying installation for these transport bags" was invented by Paul Janzen (Bielefeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport bag includes a closure device for detachably connecting the front wall to the rear wall in the closure state for receiving the conveying good and for releasing the connection from the closure state into the open state for releasing the conveying good. The locking of the closure device is performed...