Patent ID: 11897701
Assignee: STAPLES, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 18:
19. A system, comprising:
means for receiving one or more items;
means for receiving a carton;
means for transferring the one or more items from the means for receiving the one or more items into the carton including:
one or more door members at a passage between the means for receiving the one or more items and the means for receiving the carton, the one or more door members pivoting to close the passage and pivoting to open the passage, and
an actuation mechanism including a support member that provides vertical support to the one or more door members via one or more contact points coupled with the support member when the one or more door members are in a closed position, the support member translating horizontally, the one or more contact points contacting varying points of the one or more door members at varying angles of the one or more door members as the support member translates horizontally; and

means for transmitting a first actuation signal to the means for transferring the one or more items, the first actuation signal causing the one or more items to be transferred from the means for receiving the one or more items into the carton.