ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,505, issued on June 3, was assigned to ICAM S.R.L. (BA, Italy).

"Selective access device for a picking/deposit station in a warehouse, and picking/deposit station provided with such selective access device" was invented by Roberto Bianco (BA, Italy), Leonardo Antonio Veccaro (BA, Italy) and Graziano Bianco (BA, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A selective access device for a picking/deposit station in an automated warehouse defines an area which is accessible after having formed a passage having a front edge, a rear edge and two side edges opposite one another; the device is provided with a first cover engaging the area and includ...