ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,901, issued on March 31, was assigned to Mollers North America Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Corner post application system" was invented by Jason A. Brake (Kent City, Mich.), Jeremy N. Hockenberry (Kentwood, Mich.), David C. Johnson (North Muskegon, Mich.), Peter C. Martin (Hudsonville, Mich.), Robert A. Van Ocker (Greenville, Mich.) and Jonathan Van Sweden (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corner post application system for a load having corners includes corner post applicators and moveable corner post holders. The corner post applicators include a corner post gripper configured to grasp a corner post, with the ...