ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,413, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Dimension Product Solutions LP (Crosby, Texas).

"Automated loading and unloading apparatus" was invented by George T. Cook (Crosby, Texas) and Burt Lusk (La Porte, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loading and unloading apparatus that includes a transport assembly and a lift assembly including a plurality of support members, where each of the support members is attached to the transport assembly and includes an actuator plate. A plurality of roller assemblies are movably attached to the support members and the actuator plates, where the roller assemblies move relative to the support member...