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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2022
Hungryroot, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Luke Joseph Vaccaro, Westfield, NJ (US);
Da Kong, Syosset, NY (US);
Michael Curtes, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Benjamin Pierce Mckean, Mooresville, NC (US);
HUNGRYROOT, INC., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An automated apparatus and method for configuring and producing packaging for orders of variable configurations of perishable items includes an automatic case erector-sealer; a packing liner dispenser; a cold pack dispenser; a control system; a point of sale ecommerce platform; and a data processor to capture order configuration, order destination, and available order points of origin. The control system captures and uses the order configuration, destination, and delivery date, to generate a time in transit (TNT), total volume, cold volume, and ambient volume, of items in the order. The total volume and cold volume are used to generate a product cube category (PCC). The TNT and the PCC are used to generate a packaging configuration for the order. The system uses the packaging configuration to generate and send operational directives to one or more of the automatic case erector-sealer, the packing liner dispenser, and the cold pack dispenser.