ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,059, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Lifting device assembly for handling a delivery container stored within a storage container" was invented by Ivar Fjeldheim (Haugesund, Norway), Ingvar Fagerland (Kolnes, Norway) and Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lifting device assembly for handling a delivery container stored within a storage container includes a delivery container coupler and a lifting device. The delivery container coupler includes a coupler frame having a coupler frame lower face and a coupler frame upper face, and a delivery container coupling ...