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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Inventors:
John G. Lert, Jr., Wakefield, MA (US);
William J. Fosnight, Windham, NH (US);
Assignee:
WALMART APOLLO. LLC, Bentonville, AR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/10 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/1375 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/10 (2013.01); B65G 1/1371 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rack or racking system is disclosed for use in inventory management, order fulfillment and automation-based capacity planning. The racking system includes expandable and collapsible racks used to transport containers, for example, totes, which in the expanded configuration can attach to a load/unload fixture that enables bots to load totes onto the racks and/or unload totes from the racks, and in the collapsed configuration can be loaded onto a truck that transports the totes between facilities.