ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,158, issued on April 7, was assigned to OCADO INNOVATION Ltd. (Hatfield, Great Britain).
"Load-handling device" was invented by Del Mayadeen (Hatfield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load-handling device for lifting and moving containers, the load-handling device including a body configured to house one or more operation components; a container-receiving space configured to accommodate at least part of a container; a container-engaging assembly configured to releasably engage a container; and a raising and lowering assembly configured to raise and lower the container-engaging assembly."
The patent was filed on Sept. ...