US Patent Issued to TOMPKINS ROBOTICS on April 14 for "Optimization of sortation order receptacle filling" (Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,935, issued on April 14, was assigned to TOMPKINS ROBOTICS INC. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Optimization of sortation order receptacle filling" was invented by James M. Serstad (Orlando, Fla.), Michael C. Futch (Cocoa, Fla.), Adam P. Claybrook (Red Bank, N.J.) and Parthiban A. Mathavan (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Chamber bank for use in a sorting operation includes chambers for receiving a receptacle therein. Each chamber is defined by a floor, a left wall, a right wall, and a rear wall that together define a receiving space for a receptacle. At least one of the left and right wall is taller than the corresponding abutting side...