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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Ashish Shah, Lincoln, MA (US);
Amy Demicco, Somerville, MA (US);
Curtis H. Nauseda, Maynard, MA (US);
Yvetta Pols Sandhu, Winchester, MA (US);
Brian Waite, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 2/74 (2006.01); E04B 2/56 (2006.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); A47B 97/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 2/7433 (2013.01); B66F 9/06 (2013.01); E04B 2/56 (2013.01); A47B 2097/008 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/1378 (2013.01);
Abstract
A structure installed at a station can include an interference member held above a mobile drive unit area of the station. The interference member can be positioned to allow an inventory holder and a mobile drive unit to pass underneath. The interference member can also be positioned to contact a topside of the inventory holder to prevent the inventory holder from tipping into a worker area of the station that is adjacent to the mobile drive unit area.