US 12,264,372 B2
Hide sorting systems and methods
Robert Horst Hein, Kansas City, MO (US); and Kenneth Graham Press, Kansas City, MO (US)
Assigned to National Beef Packing Company, LLC, Kansas City, MO (US)
Filed by National Beef Packing Company, LLC, Kansas City, MO (US)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/244,670.
Application 18/244,670 is a continuation of application No. 17/468,579, filed on Sep. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,753,690.
Application 17/468,579 is a continuation of application No. 17/002,706, filed on Aug. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,111,551, issued on Sep. 7, 2021.
Application 17/002,706 is a continuation of application No. 16/216,872, filed on Dec. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,752,967, issued on Aug. 25, 2020.
Application 16/216,872 is a continuation of application No. 15/390,704, filed on Dec. 26, 2016, granted, now 10,151,005, issued on Dec. 11, 2018.
Application 15/390,704 is a continuation of application No. 14/724,547, filed on May 28, 2015, granted, now 9,530,162, issued on Dec. 27, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/003,998, filed on May 28, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0416853 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. C14B 17/00 (2006.01); B07C 5/16 (2006.01); B07C 5/34 (2006.01); B07C 5/38 (2006.01); B65G 57/00 (2006.01); B65G 57/02 (2006.01); C14B 1/14 (2006.01); C14C 1/06 (2006.01); C14C 3/00 (2006.01); C14C 3/06 (2006.01); C14C 15/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC C14B 17/005 (2013.01) [B07C 5/16 (2013.01); B07C 5/34 (2013.01); B07C 5/38 (2013.01); B65G 57/00 (2013.01); B65G 57/02 (2013.01); C14B 1/14 (2013.01); C14C 1/06 (2013.01); C14C 3/00 (2013.01); C14C 3/06 (2013.01); C14C 15/00 (2013.01); G05B 19/4189 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0621 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39106 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of improving traceability in hide sorting comprising:
determining a batch characteristic associated with a plurality of hides;
determining a hide characteristic of a hide of the plurality of hides;
sorting, based on at least one of the batch characteristic or the hide characteristic, the hide to a pallet; and
storing, in a tanning system database, a pallet identifier of the pallet associated with at least one of the batch characteristic or the hide characteristic.