ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,303, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Kannegiesser North America Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Apparatus for moving items along a rail" was invented by Chris Orm Gustafson (Minneapolis) and Darik Dwaine Lamke (Minnetonka, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus may move a carriage along a rail. The apparatus may include a frame and one or more sets of teeth. A shuttle may translate with respect to the frame. The shuttle may engage with the carriage to translate the carriage in a first direction. The teeth may extend into a carriage recess of the frame. The teeth may allow the carriage to translate within the carriage recess in the...