ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,624, issued on March 24, was assigned to Power Stow International ApS (Gadstrup, Denmark).

"Pallet for transporting cargo" was invented by Andreas Steensgaard-Frandsen (Gadstrup, Denmark) and Martin Vestergaard (Gadstrup, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pallet for transporting cargo on an inclined conveyer belt with a surface texture including a plurality of recesses. The pallet comprises an upper surface for supporting the cargo and a bottom side supported by the included conveyer belt. The bottom side has a plurality of protrusions distributed across the area of the bottom side for engaging the plurality of recesses and a...