US Patent Issued to United Parcel Service of America on June 17 for "Systems, methods, and apparatuses for loading, securing, transporting, and depositing objects" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,891, issued on June 17, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).

"Systems, methods, and apparatuses for loading, securing, transporting, and depositing objects" was invented by Julian Leland Bell (Decatur, Ga.) and Julio Gil (Veldhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Loading, securing, transporting, and/or depositing objects as well as systems, methods, and apparatuses for the same, including those that operate in automated or semi-automated fashion, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a mobile robotic platform is provided. The mobile robotic platform is designed to receive, transport, and dep...