US Patent Issued to Anheuser-Busch on July 14 for "Half-barrel keg pallet" (Georgia, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,593, issued on July 14, was assigned to Anheuser-Busch LLC (St. Louis).

"Half-barrel keg pallet" was invented by Christopher J. Bailey (Cartersville, Ga.) and Carl E. Schuldt (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pallet having a pair of shoulders raised from opposing sides of a deck, a pair of legs extending downwardly from the sides of the deck, and a third leg extending downwardly from a central portion of the deck, the third leg having at least one foot. The shoulders including an inner upper seating surface and an outer upper seating surface. The pair of legs each including an inner support surface vertically offset from an...