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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2025
Monotony.ai, Inc., Watertown, MA (US);
Madeline R. Hickman, Arlington, MA (US);
Marissa A. Bennett, Waltham, MA (US);
Benjamin D. Bixby, Newton Highlands, MA (US);
Samuel Duffley, Somerville, MA (US);
Jesse Sielaff, Norfolk, MA (US);
Kayla M. Swiston, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for autonomously placing and rearranging a plurality of unbound folded laundry articles in an ordered queue for ordered packing in a container are described. The system includes a plurality of tiered platforms configured to receive thereon folded laundry articles, the platforms comprising at least one placer conveyor configured to load the articles in an order into a container. At least two cantilevering, bi-directional conveyors transit along opposite sides of the platforms configured to place, retrieve and stack folded laundry articles on the plurality of tiered platforms and the placer conveyor. At least one controller is in operable communication with drives and sensors of the system, a memory, and a communication network, the at least one controller being configured to instruct the bi-directional conveyors to deposit, retrieve, and stack together the folded laundry articles on the placer conveyor.