Patents
US 12509279 B2: Sortation into volume-adjustable containers
- Granted
- 2025-12-30
- Filed
- 2021-12-09 application 18269412
- Type
- Utility · 23 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A sorting conveyor system sorting parcels into volume-adjustable containers with movable floors and an associated method for adjusting the depth of the container's interior volume. The containers are mounted on carts and have movable floors that are raised and lowered to decrease and increase the depth of the container's interior volume below an upper rim as a function of the load of parcels in the container.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251230.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laitram, L.L.C. 353 patents | US company or organization | Harahan, LA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Costanzo | New Orleans, LA | 19 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Bryant G. Ragan | Metairie, LA | 49 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Christopher Alan Brupbacher | New Orleans, LA | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Destin Jacob Bailey | Marrero, LA | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B65D | Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers; accessories, closures, or fittings therefor; packaging elements; packages | B65D21/08 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B62B | Hand-propelled vehicles, e.g. hand carts or perambulators; sledges | B62B3/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B65G | Transport or storage devices, e.g. conveyors for loading or tipping, shop conveyor systems or pneumatic tube conveyors | B65G47/44 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-26 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BAILEY, DESTIN JACOB signed 2021-01-08 BRUPBACHER, CHRISTOPHER ALAN signed 2021-01-08 | LAITRAM, L.L.C. HARAHAN, LA | 64053/268 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2023-06-26 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | RAGAN, BRYANT G. signed 2021-01-07 | LAITRAM, L.L.C. HARAHAN, LA | 64053/224 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2023-06-26 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | COSTANZO, MARK signed 2021-01-08 | LAITRAM, L.L.C. HARAHAN, LA | 64053/152 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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