ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,360, issued on Dec. 30.
"Determining that a reusable pallet is unladen" was invented by John Doughty (Acworth, Ga.) and Charles M. Link II (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking device comprises a processor and an accelerometer. The tracking device may be affixed to a pallet. The accelerometer may generate one or more acceleration values responsive to movement of the tracking device/pallet. Movement of the palette may result in the accelerometer generating a number of acceleration values, exceeding a magnitude threshold, that is higher than a configured number of acceleration values that correspond to the magnitude thresh...