ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,974, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (Washington).

"Postal service cart including a mobile customer service terminal" was invented by William A. Tartal (Baltimore), Joel Dewnandan (Bladensburg, Md.), Gabriel M. Yessin (Arlington, Va.) and Joram Shenhar (Fairfax, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A postal service cart includes a base member and a support member extending from the base member. The support member includes a first end connected with the base member and a second end. A system support surface is connected to the support member at the second end. The system support surface includes a first sup...