Patents by Inventor Simon LAVIGNE

Simon LAVIGNE 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).

  • AUTOMATED GARMENT STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20250214774
    Abstract: An automated storage and retrieval system for managing the contents of a garment-on-hanger (GOH) storage area includes an autonomous “transporter” that is configured to transport GOH items between the processing area and the storage area and an automated “forager” that can hold and manipulate a GOH item to place it in, or retrieve it from, a storage location. The transporter and forager work together to automatically store and retrieve GOH items, riding on a system of rails and moving between vertical levels on an elevator. Standardized “mother hooks” are used from which the GOH items hang, which may be held by a picker arm of the forager, and inserted into slots in storage areas and on the transporter. Blades on the forager may be inserted to either side of a GOH item to allow adjacent GOH items to be displaced during manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Gabriel ST-JEAN, Dany BOUCHARD, Charles D'AMOURS-LAVOIE, Christophe BOISCLAIR, Dominic GOSSELIN, Francis FORTIER, Guillaume PAQUET, Simon LAVIGNE, Pierre GIBEAULT, Jess WALLACE
  • AUTOMATED GARMENT STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240166441
    Abstract: An automated storage and retrieval system for managing the contents of a garment-on-hanger (GOH) storage area includes an autonomous “transporter” that is configured to transport GOH items between the processing area and the storage area and an automated “forager” that can hold and manipulate a GOH item to place it in, or retrieve it from, a storage location. The transporter and forager work together to automatically store and retrieve GOH items, riding on a system of rails and moving between vertical levels on an elevator. Standardized “mother hooks” are used from which the GOH items hang, which may be held by a picker arm of the forager, and inserted into slots in storage areas and on the transporter. Blades on the forager may be inserted to either side of a GOH item to allow adjacent GOH items to be displaced during manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Gabriel ST-JEAN, Dany BOUCHARD, Charles D’AMOURS-LAVOIE, Christophe BOISCLAIR, Dominic GOSSELIN, Francis FORTIER, Guillaume PAQUET, Simon LAVIGNE, Pierre GIBEAULT, Jess WALLACE