US 11,878,871 B2
Dynamic conveyor system for custom sized packaging
Hanko Kiessner, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Thomas Lamb, Syracuse, UT (US); David Iverson, Stansbury Park, UT (US); Rod Gallaway, McRae, AR (US); and Brady Sjoblom, North Ogden, UT (US)
Assigned to Packsize LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Packsize LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/983,767.
Application 17/983,767 is a continuation of application No. 17/165,689, filed on Feb. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,697,556.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/041,640, filed on Jun. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/972,527, filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/972,524, filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/971,609, filed on Feb. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/971,753, filed on Feb. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0074095 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 35/06 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 35/06 (2013.01) [B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 2207/08 (2013.01); B65G 2207/42 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system for high-speed and high-efficiency packaging of items, comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors configure the computer system to perform at least the following:
receive a particular corrugate container on a particular dynamic transportation mechanism, wherein the particular dynamic transportation mechanism is configured to automatically physically size itself to carry the particular corrugate container;
associate, with the one or more processors, the particular corrugate container with a particular donor bin, wherein the particular donor bin contains at least one of one or more target products;
generate a queue command that is configured to cause the particular dynamic transportation mechanism to physically move itself into a queue of a set of dynamic transportation mechanisms;
receive a request to package a second corrugate container with a particular item, wherein the particular item is also associated with the particular donor bin; and
generate a packing command that is configured to cause both:
the particular dynamic transportation mechanism to physically move itself out of the queue and to a particular packing station where the particular donor bin is located, and
a second dynamic transportation mechanism associated with the second corrugate container to physically move itself to the particular packing station.