US Patent Issued to Ocado Innovation on July 28 for "Automated storage systems and devices" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,078, issued on July 28, was assigned to Ocado Innovation Ltd. (Hatfield, Great Britain).

"Automated storage systems and devices" was invented by Lars Sverker Ture Lindbo (Hatfield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grid framework structure is disclosed having first set of parallel rails or tracks and a second set of parallel rails or tracks forming a grid pattern with grid spaces. The grid is supported by a set of uprights to form a plurality of vertical storage locations beneath the grid for containers to be stacked between and be guided by the uprights in a vertical direction through the plurality of grid spaces. A loa...