ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,268, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Transport dolly incorporating a carousel" was invented by James Joseph Alan Abraham (Brantford, Canada) and Jeff Wayne McLachlin (Woodstock, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dolly structured for transport of component parts bins to and from plant floor work sites includes a base and a carousel rotatably connected to the base. The carousel has a pair of opposed open sides, with each side structured to enable an entire array or arrangement of component parts bins to be loade...