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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
May. 16, 2013
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
William James Watt, Wakefield, MA (US);
Timothy Aaron Bragg, Woburn, MA (US);
Andrew Stubbs, Somerville, MA (US);
Matthew David Verminski, North Andover, MA (US);
John P. Dugan, Wilmington, MA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A system for unloading inventory items includes an inventory holder, an unloading station, and a mobile drive unit. The inventory holder stores inventory items. The unloading station includes a barrier that is operable to prevent inventory items from moving past the barrier as the inventory holder moves past the barrier. The mobile drive unit is operable to move the inventory holder toward the unloading station and to move the inventory holder past the barrier.