ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,621, issued on May 5, was assigned to TOPPY S.R.L. (Valsamoggia, Italy).
"Device for replacing a pallet" was invented by Daniele Piani (Monte San Pietro, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for replacing a first pallet (P) supporting a load (C) with a second pallet (S) includes a flat faced slide surface element (3), a flat faced translating support element (5), a load sliding control element (7) parallel to the translating support element (5), a connecting element (9), where the load sliding control element is connected to the slide surface element (3) and/or to the connecting element (9), and a rotation member (11) connecte...