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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2016
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Samuel Gardner Garrett, Seattle, WA (US);

John Stuart Battles, North Bend, WA (US);

Timothy Alan Talda, Seattle, WA (US);

Tyson Wittrock, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 47/52 (2006.01); B65G 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); B65G 47/52 (2013.01); B65G 65/00 (2013.01); B65G 2209/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example system includes a conveyor configured to move a plurality of items, a ramp configured to support at least one item of the plurality of items as the at least one item is transferred from the conveyor to a tote, and a platform supported on a support surface and configured to support the tote at a location proximate the ramp. In some examples, the tote includes a base having a top surface defining at least part of an interior space of the tote. Further, the platform positions the tote such that the top surface of the base extends at an angle, relative to a horizontal plane, greater than approximately 5 degrees and less than approximately 10 degrees.


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