US Patent Issued to Ancra International, Wabash National on April 14 for "Systems and methods for restraining carts and other cargo using forward and rearward brackets" (California, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,287, issued on April 14, was assigned to Ancra International LLC (Azusa, Calif.) and Wabash National LP (Lafayette, Ind.).

"Systems and methods for restraining carts and other cargo using forward and rearward brackets" was invented by Howard Thomas Knox (Cold Spring, Ky.), Gregory Alan Kauffman (Cincinnati), Aaron Michael Smith (Indianapolis), James Juhyeon Song (Indianapolis) and Michael Robert Stimler (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for restraining cargo in a cargo compartment. In one embodiment, the system comprises a bracket having a main plate segment. At least one adapt...