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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
May. 17, 2024
Applicant:
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Inventors:
James Benjamin Edwards, Centerton, AR (US);
Brian C. Roth, Bentonville, AR (US);
Paul E. Durkee, Centerton, AR (US);
Assignee:
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/0875 (2023.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/0875 (2013.01); B65G 1/1375 (2013.01);
Abstract
A parent tote container is segmented into smaller, child tote containers. Each of the child tote containers includes products that are commonly sold together and are removed from the tote containers at picker stations with the same type of picker mechanism. Items are moved from the child tote containers to a customer order tote container at a picker station.