ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,849, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Tray-equipped pallet and packaging member including same" was invented by Keiichi Funaki (Osaka, Japan), Atsushi Itano (Osaka, Japan) and Atsuhiro Wakimoto (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray-equipped pallet includes a pallet, a tray, and a support plate. The tray is made of a sheet and includes a rectangular bottom surface secured to a top plate of the pallet. The support plate is secured to overlie the bottom surface of the tray. The pallet includes a connection portion that protrudes from an upper surface of the top plate and t...