ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,657, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to INVENTORY SYSTEMS GMBH (Berlin).

"Goods presentaton system with at least one separating element" was invented by Georg Hachmann (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A goods presentation system includes a storage area on which a row of articles is to be arranged one behind the other. The storage area extends towards a removal position at which a foremost article of the row is to be removed from the storage area. A separating element that is displaceable between first and second positions includes front and back parts spaced apart from one another. The front part hinders removal of the foremo...