US 12,492,036 B2
Systems and methods for providing shipping of orders in an order fulfillment center
Prasanna Velagapudi, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Christopher Geyer, Arlington, MA (US); Benjamin Cohen, Somerville, MA (US); Joseph Romano, Arlington, MA (US); and Matthew T. Mason, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/384,920.
Application 18/384,920 is a continuation of application No. 16/910,613, filed on Jun. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,866,224.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/865,596, filed on Jun. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0174403 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 1/34 (2006.01); B65B 5/06 (2006.01); B65B 53/00 (2006.01); B65B 57/02 (2006.01); B65D 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 1/34 (2013.01) [B65B 5/068 (2013.01); B65B 53/00 (2013.01); B65B 57/02 (2013.01); B65D 1/40 (2013.01)] 71 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An object processing system for processing objects, said object processing system comprising:
an input conveyance system by which objects are provided to at least one programmable motion device;
a shipping tray conveyance system by which shipping trays are provided to the at least one programmable motion device; and
a non-transitory computer processing system for storing information regarding geometrical features of at least one shipping tray of the shipping trays, said geometrical features including protrusions from a bottom panel of the at least one shipping tray, and
wherein the at least one programmable motion device places objects into the at least one shipping tray responsive to the geometrical features of the at least one shipping tray, and
wherein the at least one shipping tray includes at least two flexible side panels, each of the at least two flexible side panels being a rounded panel that is positioned around one of four sides of the bottom panel.