Patents by Inventor David Sellner
David Sellner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230230025Abstract: Systems and methods can enhance efficiencies of order fulfillment processes. For example, this document describes systems and methods for efficiently processing direct-to-customer shipments at a last mile delivery (“LMD”) facility. The systems and methods are focused on rapid loading, unloading and cycling of LMD delivery vehicles through the operation in a space-efficient manner. In some embodiments, the delivery vehicles are cycled through the LMD facility in organized batches to allow high throughput with fast cycle time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Gregory Lisso, Jonathan Crepeau, Rebecca Swartz, Daryl Glass, Tyler Park, David Sellner
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Publication number: 20230211954Abstract: Warehouse automation and methods of sorting and sequencing garment items can be used to enhance efficiencies of order fulfillment processes. For example, this document describes warehouse automation of systems and methods for efficiently compiling store replenishment orders for garment items. The systems and methods make store replenishment of garment items highly efficient. In some examples, the systems and methods are focused on automation (e.g., using autonomous mobile robots that transport pods containing garment items) and arranging the garment items in store-ready containers that can be wheeled out directly into the retail area for efficient store replenishment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Gregory Lisso, Daniel Seidel, Pablo Lewin, Thomas Gardner, David Sellner
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Patent number: 11639267Abstract: Warehouse automation and methods of automatically sorting and sequencing items can be implemented to streamline and expedite order fulfillment and store replenishment processes in a cost-effective manner. Some embodiments described herein include sorting items to a truck-level, inducting items for a first truck into a first portion of a mobile robot field, accumulating the items in the first portion of the mobile robot field until all the items for a first cart of the first truck are in the first portion, moving, by one or more mobile robots, all of the items for the first cart in a sequence that corresponds to a store aisle layout, loading the first cart in the sequence, and moving the loaded first cart into the first truck, which can be accomplished in a particular sequence with other carts for the first truck.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Lisso, David Sellner
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Patent number: 11572237Abstract: Warehouse automation and methods of handling materials can be used to enhance the safety and efficiencies of warehouse operations. For example, automation systems and methods that make depalletization processes safer and more efficient are described. In some examples, a rotary lift table is used to automatically position a pallet load of boxes in an ergonomic position where a worker can readily transfer the boxes from the pallet to another location, such as a conveyor or another pallet. In some examples, a work cell for a worker includes two of the rotary lift tables that function in that manner.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Gervasio Mutarelli, David Sellner, Gregory Lisso, Ernesto Saldana Pena, Trevor Stratmann, Shefali Pai, Jamison Harrell-Latham, Justin Feider
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Patent number: 11498765Abstract: Warehouse automation and methods of controlling material flow can be used to streamline order fulfillment. For example, according to some embodiments described herein, a method includes: causing a first mobile robot to engage with and transport a mobile storage unit to a robotic picking cell, causing a second mobile robot to engage with and transport an outbound container to the robotic picking cell, and causing the picking robot to transfer a sellable unit from the mobile storage unit to the outbound container.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: David Sellner, Kevin Vliet, Arthur Valdez
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Patent number: 11383937Abstract: Warehouse automation and methods of automatically sorting and sequencing items can be implemented to streamline and expedite order fulfillment and store replenishment processes in a cost-effective manner. Some embodiments described herein include sorting items to a truck-level and inducting those items for a first truck into a buffering and sequencing system. Items can temporarily accumulate in the buffering and sequencing system and thereafter be discharged in a desired sequence as the items become available within the buffering and sequencing system. In some embodiments, the buffering and sequencing system is used to sequence items for loading one or more store aisle-ready carts in a sequence that corresponds to a store aisle layout.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Lisso, Thomas Gardner, David Sellner, Tyler Park
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Publication number: 20220106134Abstract: Warehouse automation and methods of handling materials can be used to enhance the safety and efficiencies of warehouse operations. For example, automation systems and methods that make depalletization processes safer and more efficient are described. In some examples, a rotary lift table is used to automatically position a pallet load of boxes in an ergonomic position where a worker can readily transfer the boxes from the pallet to another location, such as a conveyor or another pallet. In some examples, a work cell for a worker includes two of the rotary lift tables that function in that manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Gervasio Mutarelli, David Sellner, Gregory Lisso, Ernesto Saldana Pena, Trevor Stratmann, Shefali Pai, Jamison Harrell-Latham, Justin Feider
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Publication number: 20220081214Abstract: Warehouse automation and methods of automatically sorting and sequencing items can be implemented to streamline and expedite order fulfillment and store replenishment processes in a cost-effective manner. Some embodiments described herein include sorting items to a truck-level, inducting items for a first truck into a first portion of a mobile robot field, accumulating the items in the first portion of the mobile robot field until all the items for a first cart of the first truck are in the first portion, moving, by one or more mobile robots, all of the items for the first cart in a sequence that corresponds to a store aisle layout, loading the first cart in the sequence, and moving the loaded first cart into the first truck, which can be accomplished in a particular sequence with other carts for the first truck.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Gregory Lisso, David Sellner
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Patent number: 11192720Abstract: Warehouse automation and methods of automatically sorting and sequencing items can be implemented to streamline and expedite order fulfillment and store replenishment processes in a cost-effective manner. Some embodiments described herein include sorting items to a truck-level, inducting items for a first truck into a first portion of a mobile robot field, accumulating the items in the first portion of the mobile robot field until all the items for a first cart of the first truck are in the first portion, moving, by one or more mobile robots, all of the items for the first cart in a sequence that corresponds to a store aisle layout, loading the first cart in the sequence, and moving the loaded first cart into the first truck, which can be accomplished in a particular sequence with other carts for the first truck.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Lisso, David Sellner
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Publication number: 20210323776Abstract: Warehouse automation and methods of automatically sorting and sequencing items can be implemented to streamline and expedite order fulfillment and store replenishment processes in a cost-effective manner. Some embodiments described herein include sorting items to a truck-level and inducting those items for a first truck into a buffering and sequencing system. Items can temporarily accumulate in the buffering and sequencing system and thereafter be discharged in a desired sequence as the items become available within the buffering and sequencing system. In some embodiments, the buffering and sequencing system is used to sequence items for loading one or more store aisle-ready carts in a sequence that corresponds to a store aisle layout.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Gregory Lisso, Thomas Gardner, David Sellner, Tyler Park
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Publication number: 20210188552Abstract: Warehouse automation and methods of controlling material flow can be used to streamline order fulfillment. For example, according to some embodiments described herein, a method includes: causing a first mobile robot to engage with and transport a mobile storage unit to a robotic picking cell, causing a second mobile robot to engage with and transport an outbound container to the robotic picking cell, and causing the picking robot to transfer a sellable unit from the mobile storage unit to the outbound container.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: David Sellner, Kevin Vliet, Arthur Valdez
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Patent number: 10947045Abstract: Warehouse automation and methods of controlling material flow can be used to streamline order fulfillment. For example, according to some embodiments described herein, a method includes: causing a first mobile robot to engage with and transport a mobile storage unit to a robotic picking cell, causing a second mobile robot to engage with and transport an outbound container to the robotic picking cell, and causing the picking robot to transfer a sellable unit from the mobile storage unit to the outbound container.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: David Sellner, Kevin Vliet, Arthur Valdez
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Publication number: 20210047119Abstract: Warehouse automation and methods of automatically sorting and sequencing items can be implemented to streamline and expedite order fulfillment and store replenishment processes in a cost-effective manner. Some embodiments described herein include sorting items to a truck-level, inducting items for a first truck into a first portion of a mobile robot field, accumulating the items in the first portion of the mobile robot field until all the items for a first cart of the first truck are in the first portion, moving, by one or more mobile robots, all of the items for the first cart in a sequence that corresponds to a store aisle layout, loading the first cart in the sequence, and moving the loaded first cart into the first truck, which can be accomplished in a particular sequence with other carts for the first truck.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Gregory Lisso, David Sellner
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Publication number: 20190152703Abstract: Warehouse automation and methods of controlling material flow can be used to streamline order fulfillment. For example, according to some embodiments described herein, a method includes: causing a first mobile robot to engage with and transport a mobile storage unit to a robotic picking cell, causing a second mobile robot to engage with and transport an outbound container to the robotic picking cell, and causing the picking robot to transfer a sellable unit from the mobile storage unit to the outbound container.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: David Sellner, Kevin Vliet, Arthur Valdez