ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,059, issued on May 13, was assigned to TRAPO AG (Gescher-Hochmoor, Germany).
"Loading system for loading and unloading trucks with pallets in transverse direction" was invented by Erik Mollmann (Rhede, Germany), Tobias Niehaves (Bocholt, Germany), Volker Kugel (Beckum, Germany), Stefan Kurtenbach (Schermbeck, Germany) and Jascha Paris (Munster, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loading system for loading and unloading cargo compartments of trucks includes conveyors positioned parallel or substantially parallel to one another and such that standard pallets can be moved back and forth on the conveyors in a conveying direction, a...