ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,717, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to GEORG UTZ HOLDING AG (Bremgarten, Switzerland).
"Transport system and use of a plastic tray for a transport system" was invented by Axel Ritzberger (Altendorf, Switzerland) and Rudiger Sostmann (Lingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport system for conveying a plastic tray for transporting and unloading goods is described, wherein the plastic tray has a bottom, a frame and openings with a cruciform cross-section in the bottom for the reach-through of lifting pins of the transport system, and wherein the transport system has a conveyor belt and an unloading station with lifting p...