US Patent Issued to OCADO INNOVATION on Nov. 3 for "Trough manipulator and method for lifting objects and trough" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,707, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to OCADO INNOVATION Ltd. (Hatfield, Great Britain).

"Trough manipulator and method for lifting objects and trough" was invented by Per Henrik Ljunggren (Bromma, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manipulator is described for lifting objects positioned within an upwards open container. The manipulator includes a first engaging device for a first object and a second engaging device for engaging a second object. A mechanism is provided to force the first and second objects, causing them to exert an internal force on the container. This internal force enables the container to be lifted by frictiona...