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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);
Andrew Priddis, Mapleton, UT (US);
Braquel Burnett, St. George, UT (US);
Johnathan Conley, Provo, UT (US);
David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);
Andrew Priddis, Mapleton, UT (US);
Braquel Burnett, St. George, UT (US);
Johnathan Conley, Provo, UT (US);
Hall Labs LLC, Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
The invention is a system for simultaneously, yet safely, suspending and powering objects through connectors on a wall. The system includes one or more connectors, preferably pins, mounted to a wall. Each connector has a groove and a lip that houses an electrical conductor, which may be a metal rod. One or more suspendable objects, which may be storage bins or electrical appliances, are designed to engage with the connectors. Each suspendable object has at least one horizontal track that guides the lip of each connector into one or more openings in the track. When the lip engages an opening, the object is suspended from the wall. Each opening also contains an electrical conductor that engages with the electrical conductor within the connector, thereby providing power to the suspendable object. The connectors may be attached to rails, and the system may be utilized within an automated storage and retrieval system.