US Patent Issued to Intelligrated Headquarters on Oct. 6 for "Omnidirectional conveyor module" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,014, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Intelligrated Headquarters LLC (Mason, Ohio).

"Omnidirectional conveyor module" was invented by Quinton Eduard Theron (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor module is disclosed. The conveyor module comprises a base and a plurality of rotating disks mounted on the bases. Each of the plurality of rotating disks comprise a top that is circular and a gripping surface positioned around the top. The gripping surface is configured to grip and propel one or more objects placed over the conveyor module in one or more directions based on rotation of the plurality of rotating disks."

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