ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,282, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Metsi Group Oy (Oitti, Finland).

"Loading system for loading transport unit" was invented by Ville Volanen (Oitti, Finland) and Simo Aitto-Oja (Oitti, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to a loading system for loading a transport unit. The loading system comprises a chassis, a loading carriage mounted on the chassis, and a supporting device mounted on the chassis. The loading system is configured to drive the loading carriage with respect to the chassis in a loading direction. The loading system is further configured to arrange the supporting device against a load ...