US Patent Issued to New AeroFarms on March 3 for "Container transfer system and methods of using" (New York, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,148, issued on March 3, was assigned to New AeroFarms Inc. (Ringgold, Va.).

"Container transfer system and methods of using" was invented by John Koniski (New York), Richard Canny (Roseville, Mich.) and Husein Delic (Roseville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container transfer system is provided that positions containers in a rack that can include one or more movable and separated gates. The gates can control the movement of the container into and away from the rack. The container transfer system can have a container transfer carriage with one or more manipulator arms and a latch actuation mechanism that extends or retracts t...