US 12,391,165 B1
Item dispensing vehicle with selectively controllable bays
Carl Nicklos, Washougal, WA (US); Patrick Chow, Issaquah, WA (US); Jia Hao Lim, Seattle, WA (US); Alan Baird, Seattle, WA (US); and Brett Halper, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,330.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/356,270, filed on Jun. 28, 2022.
Int. Cl. B60P 1/38 (2006.01); B62D 33/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60P 1/38 (2013.01) [B62D 33/042 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
5. A system comprising:
a first bay configured to retain a first set of items on a first item transporting medium that ends at a first opening;
a second bay configured to retain a second set of items on a second item transporting medium that ends at a second opening; and
a driving shaft selectively coupled with the first item transporting medium and the second item transporting medium via a set of clutches to selectively engage the first item transporting medium and the second item transporting medium.