US Patent Issued to COMBOYO ASYMMETRIC LOGISTC SOLUTIONS SERVICOS E PARTICIPACOES on June 23 for "Asymmetric cargo body of water navigation system and method" (Brazilian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,219, issued on June 23, was assigned to COMBOYO ASYMMETRIC LOGISTC SOLUTIONS SERVICOS E PARTICIPACOES LTDA (Brazil).

"Asymmetric cargo body of water navigation system and method" was invented by Marco Zanini (Sao Paulo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous cargo transporting system transports the cargo on a body of water using the natural current of the body of water to deliver cargo to a downstream port. The cargo system is asymmetric since cargo is delivered downstream using the current but the cargo system is disassembled (drastically reducing the weight) for a multimodal return trip back up the body of water."

The patent ...