US 12,134,518 B2
Transport rack cartridge (TRC)
John G. Lert, Jr., Wakefield, MA (US); and William J. Fosnight, Windham, NH (US)
Assigned to WALMART APOLLO. LLC, Bentonville (AR)
Filed by Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/236,082.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/013,504, filed on Apr. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0323769 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. B65G 1/10 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 1/1375 (2013.01) [B65G 1/0492 (2013.01); B65G 1/10 (2013.01); B65G 1/1371 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A racking system configured to operate with an automatic storage and retrieval system (ASRS) having mobile robots transferring containers to and from storage locations in a storage structure, the racking system comprising:
a first tote support structure; and
a second tote support structure, the first and second tote support structures capable of moving with respect to each other between a first position where the first and second tote support structures are configured with an aisle between the first and second tote support structures and configured to receive containers from a mobile robot of the mobile robots from the ASRS travelling within the aisle, and a second position where the first and second tote support structures are compacted for transport;
wherein the racking system is configured to be shipped in the first position with totes stored in the first and/or second tote support structures and one or more mobile robots positioned within the aisle between the first and second tote support structures.