Gantry system for enabling bin movement in a delivery vehicle
OwnerYifan Chen, Kurt Michael Lundeen +4inventors
InventorsYifan Chen, Kurt Michael Lundeen, Sam Hoff, Smruti Panigrahi, Kevin Hwang, Timothy Mark Feldkamp
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Abstract
A delivery vehicle having a base and a bin engagement unit is disclosed. The base may be configured to secure a plurality of bins. Each bin may include a plurality of sidewalls, and each sidewall may include an interior surface and an exterior surface. The bin engagement unit may be configured to move in a two-dimensional (2D) space in proximity to the base. The bin engagement unit may be configured to engage with the interior surface of a bin, from the plurality of bins, and slide the bin on the base when the bin engagement unit engages with the interior surface.
Claims17
A vehicle comprising:
- a base configured to secure a plurality of bins, wherein:
- each bin comprises a plurality of sidewalls and a plurality of corners disposed at intersections between respective pairs of the sidewalls, and
- each sidewall comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface;
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- a bin engagement unit configured to move in a two-dimensional (2D) space in proximity to the base, wherein the bin engagement unit is configured to engage with the interior surfaces of the sidewalls at the corners of a bin, from the plurality of bins, and slide the bin on the base when the bin engagement unit engages with the interior surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.