US 12,227,354 B2
Warehouse storage and retrieval system for fishing rods and fishing rod blanks
Scott W. Gimbert, Oviedo, FL (US)
Assigned to FOUNDATION OUTDOOR GROUP, INC., Oviedo, FL (US)
Filed by MUD HOLE CUSTOM TACKLE, INC., Oviedo, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/405,695.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/122,595, filed on Dec. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0177224 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 5/22 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/0485 (2013.01) [B65G 1/0442 (2013.01); B65G 1/1371 (2013.01); G08B 5/22 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0217 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0216 (2013.01); B65G 2207/08 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A warehouse storage and retrieval system for fishing rod blanks comprising:
a framework structure comprising a plurality of front horizontal supports, and a plurality of rear horizontal supports;
a plurality of individual storage receptacles supported between the plurality of front horizontal supports and the rear horizontal supports in a horizontal orientation, each receptacle having an open end proximate the plurality of front horizontal supports and an opposing closed end proximate the plurality of rear horizontal supports, wherein the individual storage receptacles are arranged in horizontal rows and vertical columns;
a plurality of fishing rod blanks within the plurality of individual storage receptacles, and each fishing rod blank having an identifying tag storing data, wherein the plurality of fishing rod blanks have first ends proximate to the closed ends of the plurality of individual storage receptacles and second ends proximate the open ends of the plurality of individual storage receptacles;
a visual indicator configured to be triggered to display at the open end of a respective individual storage receptacle when empty;
a database storing a spatial location of each of the fishing rod blanks corresponding to a respective individual storage receptacle within the framework structure; and
a portable reader configured to read the identifying tag and display the data of a respective fishing rod blank.