US Patent Issued to Battelle Savannah River Alliance on Nov. 3 for "Mechanical locking pallet" (South Carolina, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,495, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Battelle Savannah River Alliance LLC (Aiken, S.C.).

"Mechanical locking pallet" was invented by Thomas J. Lee (Sylvania, Ga.) and Corey R. Hopper (North Augusta, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a pallet includes a plate configured to support a pallet object relative to a support surface and a capture assembly supported relative to the plate. The capture assembly is configured to selectively engage and disengage the pallet object and includes one or more capture bars movable between an unlocked position and a locked position. Each capture bar of the one or more capture bars is c...