US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on Aug. 11 for "Transfer apparatus and fast, footprint optimized item transfer station" (Washington, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,570, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Transfer apparatus and fast, footprint optimized item transfer station" was invented by Scott Hogan (Mukilteo, Wash.), Tait Stephen Carroll (Seattle) and Michael Andrew DeMalia (South Easton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer apparatus can include a lateral frame extending in a first direction. An upright frame can be arranged to guide and support movement of the lateral frame in a second direction. A first rotatable head can be coupled to the lateral frame and configured to translate in the first direction. A second rotatable head can be coupl...