US Patent Issued to Kamps Pallets on May 5 for "Pallet sorting system and method of use" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,615, issued on May 5, was assigned to Kamps Pallets Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Pallet sorting system and method of use" was invented by Bradley D. Rietema (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Brian Haas (Traverse City, Mich.), Kris A. Chayer (Hudsonville, Mich.), Michael R. Holmes (Hudsonville, Mich.) and Adam Lee Winner (Grandville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for conveying a pallet through a pallet sorting system that includes receiving a pallet at a first position. A first set of pallet data is sensed from first sensors, where the first set of pallet data is non-image data. A second set of pallet data is sensed by image sensor...