ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,447, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Deutsche Post AG (Bonn, Germany).
"Sorting terminal and logistics sorter" was invented by Stefan Knipper (Gutersloh, Germany), Hillar Loh (Niederkassel, Germany) and Jan Ahnert (Sankt Augustin, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sorting terminal for receiving goods to be sorted, in particular of a logistics sorter, including a chute with a first end for receiving goods to be sorted and a second end, a sliding surface extending from the first to the second end, a filler element connected to the second end of the chute, the filler element being pivotable from a first position to a second po...