US 11,833,809 B1
Garment personalization kiosk with rotatable robotic retrieval system
Yoshikazu Hoshino, San Francisco, CA (US); David Glen Barrett, San Francisco, CA (US); Scott Timothy Alberstein, San Francisco, CA (US); Gad Amit, San Mateo, CA (US); Stanislav Moiseyenko, San Rafael, CA (US); and Yuri Viacheslav Litvinov, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by CreateMe Technologies LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/718,262.
Int. Cl. B41J 3/407 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
CPC B41J 3/4078 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/087 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kiosk system for personalizing an article, comprising:
a housing;
an article retrieval system within the housing, the article retrieval system comprising:
a shelving system configured to house a plurality of packaged articles, wherein each packaged article of the plurality of packaged articles is configured to be personalized by the kiosk system;
a motion system configured to retrieve a packaged article of the plurality of packaged articles from the shelving system, wherein the motion system comprises:
a support member having a first track, wherein the support member is configured to rotate about an axis;
a retrieval member movably coupled to the support member, wherein:
the retrieval member is positioned orthogonal to the support member, and
the retrieval member is configured to move on the first track;
and
a carrier coupled to the retrieval member at an end opposite the support member, wherein the carrier is configured to retrieve the packaged article, and wherein the carrier is configured to present the packaged article for viewing to a personalization customer at one or more stages of a personalization process;
an article personalization system within the housing, the article personalization system comprising a plurality of system components configured to personalize the packaged article, wherein the plurality of system components comprises an article preparation system, a direct-to-garment (DTG) printing system, and a curing system;
a transfer system within the housing, wherein the transfer system is configured to transfer the packaged article between the system components;
a dispenser configured to dispense the packaged article after the kiosk system personalizes the packaged article; and
a control system configured to control the kiosk system.