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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2013
Stephen Derby, Troy, NY (US);
Gene Eckert, Hamburg, NJ (US);
David Brown, Pittsford, NY (US);
John Mcfadden, Brattleboro, VT (US);
Stephen Derby, Troy, NY (US);
Gene Eckert, Hamburg, NJ (US);
David Brown, Pittsford, NY (US);
John McFadden, Brattleboro, VT (US);
Other;
Abstract
The folding side-wall container () provides for efficient loading and unloading of the containers appropriate for retail re-supply of goods (). Use of the containers as a distribution container () and a wholesale goods container () within an automated system () for automated transfer by a robotic picker () of goods () from the wholesale container () to the distribution container () minimizes labor costs in distribution of the goods (). The container () includes a folding wall () that is releasably secured in a closed position by a top lid () having an engagement lip () that secures a top edge () of the folding side or front wall (). Opening the top lid () and then folding down the front wall () permits efficient loading and unloading of the container ().