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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2021
Ocado Innovation Limited, Hatfield, GB;
Benjamin Arthur Portnoy Noar, Hatfield, GB;
Pawel Karolinczak, Hatfield, GB;
Andrew Ingram-Tedd, Hatfield, GB;
Stephen Millward, Hatfield, GB;
Christopher James Paton, Hatfield, GB;
OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED, Hatfield, GB;
Abstract
A grid framework structure, configured to support one or more load handling devices, includes: a first set of grid members extending in a first direction and a second set of grid members extending in a second direction, to form a grid structure having grid cells. A plurality of vertical uprights create a storage space for storing containers in a stack such that load handling devices operative on the grid structure can lift containers through a grid cell from a stack below the grid structure. The vertical uprights are arranged such that a section of the grid structure including four adjoined grid cells is supported by five or fewer vertical uprights.