US 11,702,287 B2
Hybrid modular storage fetching system
Daniel Jarvis, Orlando, FL (US); Paolo Gerli Amador, Framingham, MA (US); Michael Bhaskaran, Seattle, WA (US); Amit Kalra, Acton, MA (US); Rodney Gallaway, Little Rock, AR (US); and Vikranth Gopalakrishnan, Hoboken, NJ (US)
Assigned to Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA (US)
Filed by Staples, Inc., Framingham, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/902,030.
Application 16/902,030 is a division of application No. 15/863,017, filed on Jan. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,683,171.
Application 15/863,017 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/721,472, filed on Sep. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,803,420.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/442,891, filed on Jan. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/403,001, filed on Sep. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0009352 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. B65G 1/137 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60P 1/00 (2006.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01); B60P 1/02 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
CPC B65G 1/1375 (2013.01) [B60P 1/00 (2013.01); B60P 1/02 (2013.01); B65G 1/0435 (2013.01); B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B66F 9/06 (2013.01); G05D 1/0225 (2013.01); G05D 1/0234 (2013.01); B65G 1/1378 (2013.01); B65G 2209/06 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
an item storage rack mountable to a frame of an automated guided vehicle (AGV), the item storage rack including a plurality of shelves, each shelf of the plurality of shelves capable of storing an item;
a container handling mechanism (CHM) mountable to the frame of the AGV, the CHM having two or more degrees of freedom; and
a transport device connected to the CHM, the transport device being movable by the CHM using the two or more degrees of freedom, the two or more degrees of freedom including moving the transport device vertically parallel relative to a face of the item storage rack and horizontally relative to the face of the item storage rack, the transport device being extendable by the CHM using the horizontal movement to retrieve a certain item from a separate shelving unit located within reaching distance of the CHM and to place the certain item on one of the plurality of shelves of the item storage rack.