Automatic shelving system for a vehicle
AssigneeOsirius Group, LLC
InventorsRichard Matthew Cieszkowski, III, Timothy David Smith
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Abstract
A smart shelving system for storing and unloading parcels from a vehicle. The system includes a storage rack which is located in the vehicle and includes a plurality of shelves stacked on top of one another in spaced relationship with one another. Each of the shelves has a side edge. A plurality of trays for holding the parcels are positioned on the shelves. The side edge of at least one of the shelves is aligned with at least one opening of the vehicle. At least one unloading mechanism is configured to move the trays from the shelves and through the at least one opening to a location outside of the vehicle.
Claims14
A smart shelving system for storing and unloading parcels from a vehicle, comprising:
- a storage rack located in the vehicle and including a plurality of shelves stacked on top of one another in spaced relationship with one another and each having a side edge;
- a plurality of trays for holding the parcels positioned on the shelves;
- the side edge of at least one of the shelves being aligned with at least one opening of the vehicle;
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- at least one unloading mechanism including at least one platform configured to hold at least one of the trays and to be positioned on top of at least one of the shelves inside the vehicle, and wherein the platform of the unloading mechanism is configured to move the at least one of the trays from the location on top of the at least one of the shelves inside the vehicle, through the at least one opening to a location outside of the vehicle;
- wherein the at least one platform of the at least one unloading mechanism is configured to move vertically while located outside of the vehicle to permit the at least one tray on the at least one platform to move to a height which permits an operator to remove the at least one tray from the at least one platform of the at least one unloading mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.