US 11,679,932 B2
Light assisted pack wall carton selection and replenishment system
John C. Peck, Seneca, SC (US)
Assigned to Fastfetch Corporation, Pendleton, SC (US)
Filed by Fastfetch Corporation, Pendleton, SC (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/177,082.
Application 17/177,082 is a continuation of application No. 16/205,382, filed on Nov. 30, 2018, granted, now 10,961,053.
Application 16/205,382 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/942,171, filed on Mar. 30, 2018, granted, now 10,672,094, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/480,504, filed on Apr. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0163225 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65G 1/06 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); B65B 5/02 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/065 (2013.01) [B65B 5/02 (2013.01); B65G 1/1373 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01); B65G 2209/04 (2013.01); B65G 2209/06 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A carton selection and replenishment system comprising a delivery cart having a delivery cart controller configured to receive shipping carton replenishment information representing a shipping carton to be retrieved from a shipping carton supply area and delivered to a pack wall, direct the delivery cart to the shipping carton supply area, actuate a cart indicator assembly to identify a cart partition where to place the retrieved shipping cartons on the delivery cart, direct the delivery cart to the pack wall to be replenished, and actuate a delivery cart indicator assembly to identify the replenishment shipping carton to be placed on the pack wall; and,
a packing server in communications with delivery cart controller and configured to identify the desired shipping cartons according to a set of item dimension information associated with items in an order and an inventory of shipping cartons on the pack wall.