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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2024
Monotony.ai, Inc., Watertown, MA (US);
Stuart E. Schechter, Newton, MA (US);
Benjamin D. Bixby, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
Kevin M. LeBlanc, Medford, MA (US);
Wilson J. Mefford, Watertown, MA (US);
Elliot Sinclair Pennington, Lexington, MA (US);
Laura E. Schwartz, Newtonville, MA (US);
Jesse Sielaff, Norfolk, MA (US);
Madeline R. Hickman, Arlington, MA (US);
Carter J. Ithier, Hooksett, NH (US);
Samuel Duffley, Cambridge, MA (US);
MONOTONY.AI, INC., Watertown, MA (US);
Abstract
A device for autonomously folding a plurality of laundry article types to a plurality of combinable target rectangle sizes includes a rotatable platform configured to receive a laundry article on a surface thereof and at least one elongation configured to fold the laundry article on the platform to one of the combinable target rectangle sizes. Each of the plurality of combinable target rectangle sizes are configured to fit alone or in side by side stacking positions within a container. At least one sensor is configured to detect the laundry article on the rotatable platform. A controller in operable communication with the at least one elongation, a drive of the rotatable platform, and the at least one sensor is configured to instruct at least one of the drive of the rotatable platform to rotate the platform and the elongation to fold the laundry article at one or more fold lines.