Automated inventory control system using pivotable divider
AssigneeLogiQuip LLC
InventorsAaron J. Willit, Mark Roberts
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Abstract
An inventory management system for automatically generating a restocking order or prompting generation of a restocking order includes a storage space, a divider pivotable on the storage space between an upright position in which the divider separates the storage space into a front storage section and a rear storage section and a recumbent position that facilitates access to the rear storage section; and a motion detector module attached to the divider, the motion detector module including a sensor for detecting pivoting of the divider and a radio frequency transmitter in communication with the accelerometer and configured to emit radio frequency signals when the divider is rotated from the upright position to the recumbent position.
Claims21
An inventory management system, comprising:
- a storage space;
- a divider pivotable on the storage space between an upright position in which the divider separates the storage space into a front storage section and a rear storage section and a recumbent position that facilitates access to the rear storage section;
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- a motion detector module attached to the divider, the motion detector module including a sensor for detecting pivoting of the divider from the upright position to the recumbent position, and a radio frequency transmitter in communication with the sensor and configured to emit radio frequency signals when the divider is rotated from the upright position to the recumbent position.
A method of generating a restocking order for a storage space, comprising:
- providing a storage space and a divider pivotable between an upright position that divides the storage space into a front storage section and a rear storage section and a recumbent position that facilitate access to the rear storage section;
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- providing a motion detection module on the pivotable divider, the motion detection module including a sensor for detecting pivoting of the divider from the upright position to the recumbent position, and a radio frequency transmitter in electrical communication with the sensor to transmit a radio frequency signal when the divider is pivoted from the upright position to the recumbent position.
An inventory management system, comprising:
- a storage space including a floor having an area for storage of inventory;
- a divider pivotable around an axis on the floor of the storage space between an upright position in which the divider separates the floor area into a front storage section and a rear storage section, and a recumbent position that facilitates access to the rear storage section;
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- a motion detector module attached to the divider, the motion detector module including a sensor for detecting pivoting of the divider, and a radio frequency transmitter in communication with the sensor and configured to emit radio frequency signals when the divider is pivoted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.