US Patent Issued to TGW Logistics on Nov. 25 for "Transport carrier system and overhead conveyor device comprising transport carriers for transporting suspended goods" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,666, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TGW Logistics GmbH (Marchtrenk, Austria).

"Transport carrier system and overhead conveyor device comprising transport carriers for transporting suspended goods" was invented by Thomas Kriechbaum (Bad Schallerbach, Austria) and Martin Rausch (Gmunden, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a transport carrier system for an overhead conveying device, a transport carrier includes a universally applicable base body and a supporting body exchangeable using a connecting device. The supporting body in a first configuration has a completely enclosed receiving opening and is configured for transporti...