ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,736, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SSI Schafer Automation GmbH (DE) (Giebelstadt, Germany).

"Rack system including rack-integrated escape route" was invented by Lukas Weber (Wertheim-Bettingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is disclosed rack system (10) comprising: at least two rack modules (12) directly adjacent in a height direction (Y) of the rack system (10); wherein the rack modules (12) are formed of two racks (14) being aligned in parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction (X) of the rack system (10) and being spaced apart from each other in transverse direction (Z) of the rack system (10) for defining a...