US Patent Issued to FORTNA Systems on July 21 for "System and method for automated parcel loading and transport" (North Carolina, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,863, issued on July 21, was assigned to FORTNA Systems Inc. (Mt. Washington, Ky.).

"System and method for automated parcel loading and transport" was invented by Michael Thomas Fleming (Waxhaw, N.C.) and Robertus Arnoldus Adrianus Schmit (West Bloomfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for loading and transporting parcels includes: a sorter including a plurality of chutes for offloading parcels from the sorter; a plurality of totes; a plurality of self-driving vehicles ("SDVs") configured to transport the plurality of totes between a loading area, an unloading area, and a queue area; and a control subsystem. The loadin...