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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2016
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Samuel Gardner Garrett, Seattle, WA (US);
Martin Peter Aalund, Seattle, WA (US);
Vinay Balan, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Barrett Hill, Seattle, WA (US);
David Bruce McCalib, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy Alan Talda, Seattle, WA (US);
Toby Ge Xu, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A moveable support platform within a container may reduce a distance that items fall into the container when stowed. The moveable support platform is lowered by a movement mechanism as items are placed into the container. The movement mechanism may be a bladder filled with air, a biasing device, a pneumatic device, or a mechanical device. The moveable support platform may form a bottom portion of the container during transport of the container. In some instances, the movement mechanism may lift items out of the container to empty the container at a destination.