US Patent Issued to Laitram on June 30 for "Sorting conveyor system" (Louisiana, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,435, issued on June 30, was assigned to Laitram LLC (Harahan, La.).

"Sorting conveyor system" was invented by Mark Costanzo (New Orleans), Christopher Alan Brupbacher (New Orleans), Joseph L. Eustis (Washington), Destin Jacob Bailey (Marrero, La.) and Matthew Kesler Richards (Metairie, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor system comprising a sorting conveyor sorting articles off one or both sides to a chute system that includes an upper chute and a lower slide. Articles slide down the chute system to a discharge conveyor. The upper chute and the lower slide are separated by a gap. And the upper chute has a topography that pr...