Patents by Inventor Robert Edward Corey, Jr.

Robert Edward Corey, Jr. 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).

  • Soft catch apparatus
    Patent number: 9387982
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for an apparatus that dampens or reduces the impact of an item as it is discharged from a device, such as a conveyer belt. An apparatus may comprise, for example, a basket assembly that receives items as they are discharged from a chute, a conveyer belt, or other device. The basket assembly may comprise a netting material that catches or receives items as they are displaced, dampens or reduces the impact of the items, and allows the items to slide to a bottom of a receptacle. A height of the basket assembly may be adjusted by an actuator as the receptacle is filled with items. In addition, the basket assembly may be rotated as the receptacle is filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Edward Corey, Jr., Douglas Wayne Kegley, Jr., John Saltzman, Carolyn Elizabeth Sinnott, David Arthur Ogle, II