US 12,214,978 B1
Platform apparatuses
Christopher Rand Smith, Dacula, GA (US); Dennis Jacob Lee Siedlak, Sandy Springs, GA (US); and John Martin Jakomin, Lawrenceville, GA (US)
Assigned to SLIP ROBOTICS INC., Dacula, GA (US)
Filed by SLIP ROBOTICS INC., Dacula, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/224,854.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/006,620, filed on Apr. 7, 2020.
Int. Cl. B65G 67/02 (2006.01); B60B 19/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/34 (2006.01); B60P 1/52 (2006.01); B62D 63/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/06 (2006.01); B65G 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 67/02 (2013.01) [B60B 19/003 (2013.01); B60K 17/358 (2013.01); B60P 1/52 (2013.01); B62D 63/00 (2013.01); B65G 1/065 (2013.01); B65G 1/10 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/49 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic, movable platform, comprising:
a generally planar platform member having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a perimeter surface that is affixed to and extends downwardly from the lower surface;
a plurality of omni-directional wheel modules affixed to the lower surface of the generally planar platform member, wherein the plurality of omni-directional wheel modules extend only partially beyond a lowermost edge of the perimeter surface;
a motor affixed to the generally planar platform member;
a control system operatively connected to the plurality of omni-directional wheel modules and the motor, wherein the control system provides instructions to the plurality of omni-directional wheel modules and the motor causes the generally planar platform member to move;
two or more shelving units affixed to the upper surface of the generally planar platform member; and
an actuator system operatively connected to the two or more shelving units, wherein the actuator system causes the two or more shelving units to translate from a first position away from a central portion of the generally planar platform member to a second position.