公开(公告)号：US11040828B1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-22

申请号：US16159377

申请日：2018-10-12

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Suzanne Clark Ward ,  Shelby Frances Apps ,  William Patrick Apps ,  Jessica Fitzgerald ,  Derick Foster ,  Philip Andrew King ,  Daniel Lowther ,  Kaushal Bharatkumar Mehta ,  Prasad V. Rao

IPC: B65G1/137 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  B60P1/04 ,  B61B1/00

Abstract: Modular transfer units are configured to transport bins or other storage units of standard shapes and sizes between locations. The modular transfer units may be loaded with bins or other storage units having items disposed therein at origins of the items, or at locations where the items are stored, such as fulfillment centers. The modular transfer units may then be mounted to one or more vehicles, such as trailers or rail cars, and transported to another location, where the modular transfer units may be removed from the vehicle, or transferred to another vehicle. The bins or other storage units may be loaded with items that are intended for delivery to a common location. After a bin or storage unit has been unloaded from a modular transfer unit, one or more other bins or storage units may be loaded thereon.

公开(公告)号：US11447289B1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-20

申请号：US16219721

申请日：2018-12-13

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Kaushal Mehta ,  Travis James Englert ,  Sydney Ogawa Garcia ,  Suzanne Clark Ward

IPC: B65D21/02 ,  B65D6/18

Abstract: A collapsible container includes rigid sidewalls and end walls that are hinged together and a rigid bottom wall that is hinged to one of the sidewalls. A short leg on an end of each of the sidewalls gives the sidewall a L-shape (when viewed from above). Hinges formed on distal ends of the legs enable the bottom wall to fold against an inboard surface of one of the sidewalls, and enable one of the end walls to lie flat to conserve volume for shipping multiple containers in the collapsed configuration.

公开(公告)号：US10968012B1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US16192682

申请日：2018-11-15

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Suzanne Clark Ward ,  Jessica Fitzgerald ,  Jon P. Hassell ,  Daniel Lowther ,  Kaushal Bharatkumar Mehta ,  Joshua D. Urban

IPC: B65D25/20 ,  B65D21/08 ,  B65D21/02 ,  B65D1/22 ,  B65B31/04 ,  B65D25/28 ,  B65B5/06 ,  B65D81/20

Abstract: Modular containers are formed in a collapsible fashion by flexible or rigid bodies and panels. A size of a modular container may be selected by inflating the modular container to a desired pressure or volume, coupling two or more bodies of the modular containers together, or mating the bodies of the modular containers to common bases or surfaces. The modular containers may be accessed via one or more openings in vertical or horizontal surfaces of such modular containers in order to load items into such modular containers or to unload the items therefrom. The modular containers may be assembled or collapsed manually or automatically, and transported to one or more locations separately or in stacks.