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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2021
Applicant:
Laitram, L.l.c., Harahan, LA (US);
Inventors:
Mark Costanzo, New Orleans, LA (US);
Bryant G. Ragan, Metairie, LA (US);
Christopher Alan Brupbacher, New Orleans, LA (US);
Destin Jacob Bailey, Marrero, LA (US);
Assignee:
Laitram, L.L.C., Harahan, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 21/08 (2006.01); B62B 3/02 (2006.01); B65D 25/02 (2006.01); B65G 47/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 21/08 (2013.01); B62B 3/02 (2013.01); B65D 25/02 (2013.01); B65G 47/44 (2013.01); B62B 2203/13 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0283 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sorting conveyor system sorting parcels into volume-adjustable containers with movable floors and an associated method for adjusting the depth of the container's interior volume. The containers are mounted on carts and have movable floors that are raised and lowered to decrease and increase the depth of the container's interior volume below an upper rim as a function of the load of parcels in the container.