ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,692, issued on March 24, was assigned to FLEXLINK SYSTEMS S.P.A. (Rivoli, Italy).

"Device for picking up products stacked on pallets and method for picking up products stacked on pallets" was invented by Vitaliano Iattoni (Rivoli, Italy) and Gianluca Ferlini (Rivoli, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for picking up products stacked on pallets comprises a receiving station configured to receive a pallet, an unloading station comprising a support surface, a transfer equipment movable between the receiving station and the unloading station and configured to pick up a separation sheet from the receiving station and deposit i...