US Patent Issued to Kiosk Operators on Aug. 18 for "Picker with integrated lifting mechanism for package retrieval and transfer" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,829, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Kiosk Operators LLC (Dallas).

"Picker with integrated lifting mechanism for package retrieval and transfer" was invented by John Laspia III (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A picker apparatus and method for retrieving a frozen container from a cold storage environment is described. The apparatus includes a picker, a transport assembly, and an ejection assembly. The picker is positioned in front of a selected container that is stored on a palletized shelf within the cold storage environment. The picker also includes a displacement mechanism that imparts a displacement force to the selected...