ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,019, issued on April 1, was assigned to TGW Mechanics GmbH (Wels, Austria).
"Conveyed-goods container for an overhead conveyor, and unloading station for unloading same" was invented by Josef Reischl (Gunskirchen, Austria) and Martin Rausch (Gmunden, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article container for an overhead conveying device for transporting an article includes a bag body adjustable between a transport position and a loading and/or unloading position. The body includes front and rear walls of flexible material, a loading and/or unloading opening on a first body side at least in regions between the front and rear wall...