ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,587, issued on Aug. 11.
"Method of reloading consignments" was invented by Bas van den Heuvel (Wijnandsrade, Netherlands), Rob Stalman (Selfkant, Germany), Mark Gijbels (Vlaams-brabant, Belgium), Rainer Souschek (Aachen, Germany), Martin Kapp (Dormagen, Germany), Pieter Diepenmaat (Rotterdam, Niger) and Wouter van der Hoog (Dearborn, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of reloading consignments, in the case of which consignments are transported between at least one logistics center and at least one end customer by means of at least one large vehicle and at least one small vehicle, which may be at le...