ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,896, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"System for receiving, loading, queuing, and delivery of goods" was invented by Alex Hagenbuch (Spring Hill, Tenn.), Richard Seiss (Mount Juliet, Tenn.), Gregory Richards (Deerfield, Ill.) and Christian Mathesius (Brentwood, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for loading, queueing, and delivery of orders is provided having a controller, a transport arrangement including a pathway defined by a track, with a plurality of cars guided on said track, and a loading station and an unloading station located along the pathway. Carr...