# US 2020/0401988 A1 · EzSort: EzGarment Assembly and Sorting System > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0401988 A1 - Document ID: US20200401988A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/870,949 - Filed: 2020-05-09 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-24 - Inventors: David H. Brown; Diane L. Rue - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401988A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders - A47B 61/00: Wardrobes - A47F 7/24: Clothes racks {(A47G25/06 takes precedence)} - D06F 93/00: Counting, sorting, or marking arrangements specially adapted for laundry purposes - G06K 7/1413: {1D bar codes} - G06Q 10/063114: {Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group} - G06Q 10/08724: {by shelf level inventory management, e.g. planograms} - G06Q 30/0185: {Product, service or business identity fraud} - A47F 2005/0075: {Headers for show stands, shelves, racks or cases} - B65G 2201/0229: Clothes, clothes hangers - G06Q 10/08: Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) - A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS - D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D) ## Abstract A clothing rack has a first rail and a second rail extending upwards from an integral floor support member. A housing is moveably attached to the first rail and to the second rail using two housing support members. A storage member is integrally attached between the first rail and the second rail. The housing has a plurality of visual indicators located on it for indicating the location of garments on a storage member disposed underneath it. A computer system and associated database facilitates the entry of new customer information, the movement of an item within the business operations to process the customer order and the delivery thereof. Various implementations of multiple combination of EzSort Systems are presented. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cleaner sorting system comprising: a storage rack having a first rail and a second rail attached together using a floor support member of the storage rack; a storage member attached to the first rail and to the second rail; a housing movably and permanently attached to the first rail and the second rail; wherein the housing has a visual indicator on an external surface thereof. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cleaner sorting system of claim 1, further comprising: a first bracket attached to the first rail and a second bracket attached to the second rail. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cleaner sorting system of claim 2, further comprising: a separator attached between the first bracket and the second bracket. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cleaner sorting system of claim 1, further comprising: an axle attached to the first rail and to the second rail. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The cleaner sorting system of claim 4, further comprising: a housing support member attached to the housing and to the axle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The cleaner sorting system of claim 5, further comprising: a cam mounted on the axle and in contact with the housing support member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The cleaner sorting system of claim 1, further comprising: a cam attached to an axle that is attached to the first rail and the second rail, wherein the cam is in contact with a housing support member attached to the housing and to the axle; characterized in that user actuated cam motion moves the housing into an UP or into a DOWN position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The cleaner sorting system of claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises a movable housing that moves between: a housing UP position and a housing DOWN position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The cleaner sorting system of claim 8, whereby the housing UP position does not impact the storage member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The cleaner sorting system of claim 1, further comprising: a flange extending from a bottom portion of the housing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The cleaner sorting system of claim 10, wherein the flange further comprises: a dual flange having a forward flange and rear flange with a space there between. ### Claim 12 A product control system for order completion comprising: a housing having a plurality of indicators, each indicator provides a human sensible indication of customer order status; a plurality of delivery separators integrally associated with the housing, each delivery separator of said plurality of delivery separators has an indicator of the plurality of indicators associated with it; a customer specific tag to be applied to each item of the order presented by a customer; a computer including an operator interface and an output to each of said plurality of indicators, said operator interface including an input device allowing an operator to identify a customer and an item associated with said customer; and a scanning device capable of reading each customer specific tag and providing an input to said computer that said customer specific tag has been scanned. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The product control system for order completion of claim 12, wherein the plurality of deliver separators further comprise: a plurality of flanges extending from a bottom portion of the housing. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The product control system for order completion of claim 13, wherein the dual flange further comprises: a dual flange having a forward flange and rear flange with a space there between. ### Claim 15 A method for sorting and assembling items prepared for delivery to a customer comprising: associating an item specific, customer specific identification tag on each item to be prepared; entering each item identification into a computer control system and monitoring the progress of each item in the preparation process; wherein each item forms a portion of an order identifiable with a specific customer; processing all items to be prepared; retrieving an item that has been prepared and using said tag to identify the item to the computer control system; activating a human sensible indicator integrally and directly associated with a movable housing movably attached to a rack, wherein the human sensible indicator at the movable housing is above an assembly location for items on the rack for items belonging to a particular order such that a human operator may move the retrieved item to the assembly location; repeating the retrieving an item and the activating a human sensible indicator steps above until all items in a particular order have been assembled; and activating a human sensible indicator on said assembly location to indicate the order is complete. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method for sorting and assembling items of claim 15, further comprising: prepared for delivery to a customer wherein the movable housing is moved into an UP position. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method for sorting and assembling items of claim 15, wherein said human sensible indicator is an addressable LED. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method for sorting and assembling items of claim 17, wherein said addressable LED is addressable by said computer control system. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method for sorting and assembling items of claim 17, wherein said addressable LED is illuminated for a preset period of time to allow said operator to move said item to the associated location. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The method for sorting and assembling items of claim 15, wherein said computer control system includes a graphical user interface displaying the status of selected open orders and garments being retrieved, wherein said graphical user interface displays the assembly location and the items retrieved to said assembly location.