Patents by Inventor Colton Ebersold

Colton Ebersold 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).

  • Warehousing system for storing and retrieving goods in containers
    Patent number: 12091247
    Abstract: A product order fulfillment system of mixed product units, the system includes a storage array, an automated transport system, with at least one asynchronous transport system, for level transport, and a lift for between level transport, communicably connected to the storage array so as to automatically retrieve and output, from an output of the storage array, product units distributed in cases in a common part of the storage array. The at least one asynchronous transport system, and the lift are configured so as to form more than one transport echelon, each echelon being communicably connected with the common part and the output, and each effecting orthogonal sortation, corresponding to the transport echelon, of the product units distributed in the common part, so that sorted mixed output product units of the corresponding transport echelon are in predetermined sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Symbotic LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Medford, Elizabeth Clark-Polner, Jeffrey Adam Traina, Edward Macdonald, Colton Ebersold
  • WAREHOUSING SYSTEM FOR STORING AND RETRIEVING GOODS IN CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20220002081
    Abstract: A product order fulfillment system of mixed product units, the system includes a storage array, an automated transport system, with at least one asynchronous transport system, for level transport, and a lift for between level transport, communicably connected to the storage array so as to automatically retrieve and output, from an output of the storage array, product units distributed in cases in a common part of the storage array. The at least one asynchronous transport system, and the lift are configured so as to form more than one transport echelon, each echelon being communicably connected with the common part and the output, and each effecting orthogonal sortation, corresponding to the transport echelon, of the product units distributed in the common part, so that sorted mixed output product units of the corresponding transport echelon are in predetermined sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Medford, Elizabeth Clark-Polner, Jeffrey Adam Traina, Edward Macdonald, Colton Ebersold