ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,112, issued on Dec. 2.
"Warehouse system for fulfilling orders" was invented by H. J. Paul Langen (Brampton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A warehouse system and method for fulfilling orders comprising a plurality of products. As pallets containing cases of individual units are received, they are transported to a specific storage location within a warehouse. There, a picker arm is configured to retrieve individual units from the pallets and place in a tote according to a specified order. The totes are transported through the warehouse to the specific storage locations, then sent to a packing station."
The patent was filed on ...