ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,379, issued on March 3, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).
"Storage system" was invented by Ingvar Fagerland (Kolnes, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage system includes at least one consolidation vehicle, a transfer rail grid, an item picking area, and an item delivery station. The consolidation vehicle includes a wheel arrangement for moving the consolidation vehicle in two perpendicular directions upon the transfer rail grid. The consolidation vehicle may be positioned upon the item picking area to receive multiple items picked from at least one storage container, and an item picker is arrang...