US Patent Issued to Ocado Innovation on May 5 for "Grid framework structure" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,610, issued on May 5, was assigned to Ocado Innovation Ltd. (Hatfield, Great Britain).

"Grid framework structure" was invented by Martyn Bates (Hatfield, Great Britain) and Felix Faber (Hatfield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grid framework structure for supporting a load handling device operative to move one or more containers includes: plural upright columns arranged to form vertical storage locations for containers to be stacked and be guided by the upright columns in a vertical direction. The upright columns are interconnected at their top ends by a first set of grid members extending in a first direction and a sec...