ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,040, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CHEP Technology Pty Ltd. (Sydney).
"Stackable quarter-size plastic platform and associated methods" was invented by Bradley Wayne Daubenspeck (Windermere, Fla.) and Nigel Sankar (Oakville, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A platform includes a top deck with spaced apart platform support leg openings extending therethrough, and platform support legs extending from a lower surface of the top deck and aligned with the platform support leg openings. A shelf provides support to a bottom surface of a platform support leg from an identical platform when stacked thereon. A pair of extensions exten...