ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,206, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to BEC Cos. INC. (Tallahassee, Fla.).
"Storage and distribution system for containers" was invented by Charles E. Benedict (Tallahassee, Fla.) and Nicola Ianeselli (Miami).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A port storage and distribution system for facilitating the transfer and/or storage of international shipping containers between container ships and ground transport carriers wherein an overhead grid guide track structure is provided that permits overhead transfer units to selectively engage and convey containers as required between the various ships, carriers and storage area without requiring mult...