US Patent Issued to Amazon Techologies on Aug. 4 for "High density container support structure for use with robotic systems" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,976, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Amazon Techologies Inc. (Seattle).

"High density container support structure for use with robotic systems" was invented by Annu Kuriakose (Waltham, Mass.), Jeremy Heaston (Ashland, Mass.) and Grant Elliott Garbach (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for a container support system which may include a container support structure and/or containers that may be positioned into and retrieved from the container support structure. Container support structures may include a base supporting a central post that may support shelf assemblies offset from one anoth...