ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,461, issued on June 2, was assigned to Tropicana Products Inc. (Bradenton, Fla.).

"Method of inhibiting movement of cargo during transport" was invented by Daniel Schulman (Jersey City, N.J.) and Renee Buelna-Roche (Jersey City, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of protecting freight in a cargo area of a freight carrier may include providing a first and second pallet in the cargo area adjacent to and spaced from each other, each pallet having a top surface supporting cargo and four side walls extending from the top surface in a direction away from the cargo; and providing pallet dunnage in the space between the first and se...