US Patent Issued to United Parcel Service of America on Sept. 1 for "Automated handling and manipulation of packages and packages specially adapted therefor" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,826, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).

"Automated handling and manipulation of packages and packages specially adapted therefor" was invented by Julian Leland Bell (Decatur, Ga.), Stephens B. Woodrough Jr. (Peachtree Corners, Ga.) and Justin Ashtiani (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses for handling and manipulating packages in automated or semi-automated fashion and packages adapted for the same. The systems may include package-holding devices, package-manipulating devices, and package-detection components for locating packages or portions thereof...