ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,457, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FORTNA Systems Inc. (Mt. Washington, Cayman Islands).
"System and method for transferring parcels" was invented by Carl David Graston (Sellersburg, Ind.), Madhav Devidas Patil (Louisville, Ky.), Paul Receveur (New Albany, Ind.) and Michael Schindler (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for transferring parcels made in accordance with the present invention includes: a first conveyor for conveying a bulk flow of parcels; a second conveyor positioned adjacent to the first conveyor; a robot positioned adjacent to the first conveyor and the second conveyor; and a rejection member...