ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,559, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Swiss Full Panorama GmbH (Herrliberg, Switzerland).
"Transport device having a rolling body" was invented by Thomas Steiner (Kloten, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport device, in particular for transporting luggage, includes a support structure, a coupling element or a handle and a rolling body in addition to a transport container for receiving objects, in particular luggage. The rolling body has a rotational symmetry and is configured such that it tapers in diameter towards the ends along the axis of symmetry. Because of the arrangement and design of the transport contain...