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US 9,327,952 B1Granted
Cart for moving items
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMangesh S. Kolharkar, David L. Mangold
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Abstract
A cart for moving items includes a base, wheels coupled to the base, and one or more rollers coupled on an upper surface of the base. The base includes one or more loading areas for loading items to be moved onto the base, and one or more unloading areas for unloading items from the base. The rollers coupled on one or more upper surfaces of the base in the loading areas may support items as the items are loaded onto the base.
Claims29
A cart for moving items, comprising:
- a base comprising:
- one or more loading areas for loading items to be moved onto the base;
- one or more unloading areas for unloading items from the base;
- and
- a continuous walkway extending from a side of the base transverse to a loading or unloading side of the base and at least partially passing through at least one of the loading areas and at least partially passing through at least one of the unloading areas, wherein an end of the continuous walkway is flush with an edge of the base on the side of the base transverse to the loading or unloading side of the base, wherein the continuous walkway is configured to be walked in by personnel loading or unloading items from the base;
- a plurality of rollers coupled on one or more upper surfaces of the base in at least one of the loading areas, wherein the rollers are configured to at least partially support items as the items are loaded onto the base, wherein the one or more rollers are not present in the continuous walkway, and wherein the width of the continuous walkway is wider than the greatest distance between adjacent rollers in the at least one of the loading areas on a first side of the continuous walkway and is wider than the greatest distance between adjacent rollers in the at least one of the loading areas on a second side of the continuous walkway;
- and
- one or more wheels coupled to the base.
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A system for managing inventory of physical items, comprising:
- a cart comprising:
- a base comprising one or more loading/unloading areas for loading or unloading items to be moved;
- a continuous walkway extending from a side of the base transverse to a loading/unloading side of the base and at least partially passing through at least one of the loading/unloading areas, wherein an end of the continuous walkway is flush with an edge of the side of the base transverse to the loading/unloading side of the base, wherein the continuous walkway is configured to be walked in by personnel loading or unloading items from the base;
- a plurality of rollers coupled on one or more upper surfaces of the base in at least one of the loading/unloading areas on the base, wherein the rollers are configured to at least partially support items as the items are loaded onto the base or unloaded from the base, wherein the one or more rollers are not present in the continuous walkway, and wherein the width of the continuous walkway is wider than the greatest distance between adjacent rollers in the at least one of the loading/unloading areas on a first side of the continuous walkway and is wider than the greatest distance between adjacent rollers in the at least one of the loading/unloading areas on a second side of the continuous walkway.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.