ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,057, issued on March 17, was assigned to INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS LLC (Mason, Ohio).

"Vertically adjustable sortation devices and systems" was invented by Venkatesh Raikar (Charlotte, N.C.), Saravanan Sadasivan (Charlotte, N.C.) and Ravi Kumar Avupati (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and systems are provided for improved article sortation. An example sortation device includes a height adjustable frame and a sortation table movably attached to the height adjustable frame. The sortation table defines a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a body extending therebetween. The body defines a first s...