Patents by Inventor Austin Paul Koehler

Austin Paul Koehler 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).

  • Conveyable sortation bag
    Patent number: 10723533
    Abstract: A method of sorting a first subset of items in an order handling center, wherein at least a majority of the items of the first subset are sized below a predetermined size limit. The method includes directing the first subset of the items through an opening into a bag having a plurality of panels of flexible material coupled together at a plurality of seams. The method includes causing the bag to assume a substantially cuboid shape as the bag is filled to capacity with the first subset of items and stacking the bag on a pallet at a staging destination within the order handling center. The staging destination is associated with a delivery route from the order handling center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Zagar, Sivan Almosnino, Mark Bosley, James Dore′ Emmitt, Austin Paul Koehler, Yunior Ricardo Licea Rosales, Robert P. Roller
  • CONVEYABLE SORTATION BAG
    Publication number: 20190100368
    Abstract: A method of sorting a first subset of items in an order handling center, wherein at least a majority of the items of the first subset are sized below a predetermined size limit. The method includes directing the first subset of the items through an opening into a bag having a plurality of panels of flexible material coupled together at a plurality of seams. The method includes causing the bag to assume a substantially cuboid shape as the bag is filled to capacity with the first subset of items and stacking the bag on a pallet at a staging destination within the order handling center. The staging destination is associated with a delivery route from the order handling center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Chad Zagar, Sivan Almosnino, Mark Bosley, James Dore' Emmitt, Austin Paul Koehler, Yunior Ricardo Licea Rosales, Robert P. Roller