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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:
Dec. 10, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2023
Applicant:

Monotony.ai, Inc., Watertown, MA (US);

Inventors:

Madeline R. Hickman, Arlington, MA (US);

Samuel Duffley, Somerville, MA (US);

Noa M. Rensing, West Newton, MA (US);

Kayla M. Swiston, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);

Jesse Sielaff, Norfolk, MA (US);

Benjamin D. Bixby, Newton Highlands, MA (US);

Assignee:

Monotony.ai, Inc., Watertown, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 25/20 (2006.01); B65B 35/44 (2006.01); B65B 35/50 (2006.01); B65B 57/10 (2006.01); B65B 59/00 (2006.01); B65G 57/03 (2006.01); B65G 65/00 (2006.01); B65G 65/16 (2006.01); B65G 65/32 (2006.01); B65G 69/02 (2006.01); D06F 95/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/16 (2013.01); B65B 25/20 (2013.01); B65B 35/44 (2013.01); B65B 35/50 (2013.01); B65B 57/10 (2013.01); B65B 59/00 (2013.01); B65G 57/03 (2013.01); B65G 65/005 (2013.01); B65G 65/32 (2013.01); B65G 69/02 (2013.01); D06F 95/00 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0229 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0208 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0283 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01); B65G 2814/0305 (2013.01); B65G 2814/0331 (2013.01);
Abstract

Autonomously operated systems and methods of packing unbound folded laundry articles are described. A system of stacking a plurality of folded laundry articles onto a receiving surface includes two or more side-by-side parallel extendable surfaces configured to extend at least one of independently and simultaneously, at least one sensor configured to detect a presence of one or more folded laundry articles on at least one of the surfaces, and a controller in operative communication with at least one drive of the two or more surfaces and the at least one sensor. The controller is configured to extend a loading end of at least one of the surfaces out upon receiving a signal from the at least one sensor, and retract the loading end to deposit the one or more folded laundry articles atop at least one of the receiving surface and one or more previously deposited folded laundry articles.


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