US Patent Issued to The Henry Group on Dec. 9 for "Apparatus for stacking taco shells" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,086, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to The Henry Group (Greenville, Texas).

"Apparatus for stacking taco shells" was invented by James Troy Henry (Greenville, Texas), Brent E. Stevenson (Royse City, Texas), Richard M. Toth (Plano, Texas) and Calan B. Ashmore (SulphurSprings, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A taco stacking apparatus comprises a conveyor assembly for supporting and moving taco shells along a predefined pathway. The conveyor assembly defines an opening in the predefined pathway that enables the taco shells to pass through the conveyor assembly. A stacking receptacle defines a channel for receiving taco shells passed...