ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,698, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to EXOTEC PRODUCT FRANCE (Croix, France).

"Transfer table" was invented by Bastien Cagnac (Wasquehal, France), Lea Niboulies (Lille, France) and Franck Khier (Lille, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer table including a first conveyor assembly defining a first plane for conveying articles; a second conveyor assembly defining a second plane for conveying articles; and a raising-lowering mechanism for the first and/or second assemblies, the raising-lowering mechanism including a cam having a track and a pair of rollers respective to the conveyor assemblies and engaging with the track, a...