US 12,232,610 B1
Modular sorting assembly for print and digital media
Ben Wilkinson, Sandy Lake, PA (US)
Filed by Ben Wilkinson, Sandy Lake, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/505,442.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/093,857, filed on Oct. 20, 2020.
Int. Cl. A47B 37/00 (2006.01); A47B 83/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47B 37/00 (2013.01) [A47B 83/001 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sorting assembly for use with a box having box width, a box length and a box height, with the box length having a length measurement greater than a width measurement of the box width, and an item to be sorted into the box, the sorting assembly comprising:
a first level sorting unit having a first unit front side, a first unit back side, and a first unit width;
wherein the first unit width is measured from a front edge of the first unit front side to a back edge of the first level back side;
a first unit left side and a first unit right side, and a first unit length;
wherein the first unit length is measured from the first unit left side to the first unit right side;
wherein each of the first unit front and back sides is further comprised of a first unit upper storage area and a first unit lower storage area separated by a first unit work surface;
wherein the first level sorting unit has at least two or more shelves on the upper storage area each spanning at least 30% of the first unit length;
wherein the first unit work surface is further comprised of a first unit work surface front side and a first unit work surface back side, the first unit work surface front side having a front surface length at least equal to the box width and a front surface width at least a same measurement as the box length;
wherein the first unit lower storage area is divided into at least two through-slots, each through-slot having a slot width and a slot height sized and shaped to receive the box width and box height, and a slot length equal to at least two box lengths, with a slot front opening accessible from the first unit front side, and a slot back opening accessible from the first unit back side; and
a second level sorting unit having a central workstation with a side wall and an immediately adjacent wing, each of the central workstation and the wing having a second unit front side and back side, and a second unit work surface dividing each of the central workstation and the wing into a second unit upper storage area and a second unit lower storage area;
wherein each of the second unit lower storage areas of the central workstation and of the wing has at least one of a through-slot or shelf sized and shaped to receive the box;
wherein the second unit upper storage area is comprised of shelves sized and shaped to temporarily store items to be later placed in the box;
wherein the shelves of the second unit upper storage area are accessible from a front side and a back side of the central workstation and wing; and
wherein the first level sorting unit and the second level sorting unit each are further comprised of wheels along a floor facing side of each unit, whereby each unit is repositionable and moveable without further equipment.