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US 11,230,435 B1Granted
Multi-asin consolidation and transportation system
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsVatsal Mehta, Max Alfonso Bruccoleri, Maxim P. Hoffman, Chad Clifford Horton
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Abstract
Mobile sorting units for sorting and moving items within an inventory system. The can include a moveable structure for receiving and sorting items onto shelves and moving the items to item storage locations. The moveable structure can include a moveable platform for receiving the items and positioning the items for transportation to storage containers.
Claims20
A mobile sorting unit, comprising:
- a shelving unit coupled with a support platform comprising a support surface and a plurality of support legs, the shelving unit comprising:
- a plurality of shelves in an interior of the shelving unit, the plurality of shelves spanning between vertical support structures and spaced apart along a height of the vertical support structures;
- an indexing platform extending between and drivingly coupled with the vertical support structures and moveable up or down along the height of the shelving unit, the indexing platform configured to align with a shelf selected from the plurality of shelves;
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- a drive unit engagable with the support surface.
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A sorting device comprising:
- an indexing platform drivingly coupled with a support structure and moveable up or down along a height of the support structure, the indexing platform configured to receive an item and position the item along the height of the support structure for transferring of the item from the indexing platform;
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- a base coupled with the support structure and comprising a first surface engaged with the support structure and a second surface opposing the first surface and engagable with a mobile drive unit.
A mobile sorting apparatus, comprising:
- a shelving unit comprising:
- a plurality of shelves in an interior of the shelving unit, the plurality of shelves spanning between vertical support structures and spaced apart along a height of the vertical support structures;
- an indexing platform extending between and drivingly coupled with the vertical support structures and moveable up or down along the height of the shelving unit;
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- a support platform coupled with the shelving unit and comprising:
- a first surface configured to engage the shelving unit;
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- a plurality of support legs coupled with a second surface opposing the first surface, the plurality of support legs spaced apart to define one or more openings for receiving a mobile drive unit engagable with the second surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.