Patent ID: 11957259
Assignee: HATCO CORPORATION
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 9:
10. A cubby unit comprising:
a unit housing;
a plurality of cubbies disposed within the unit housing, each of the plurality of cubbies including:
a cubby housing defining an internal compartment;
a light disposed within the internal compartment; and
a door coupled to the cubby housing, the door facilitates accessing the internal compartment of the cubby housing, at least a portion of the door including a transparent panel;

an interface positioned along the unit housing, wherein the interface provides a plurality of graphical user interfaces including:
a cubby selection interface that provides a plurality of selectable cubby tiles, each of the plurality of selectable cubby tiles displaying a number icon associated with a respective one of the plurality of cubbies, the plurality of selectable cubby tiles (a) indicate which of the plurality of cubbies are occupied cubbies, (b) indicate which of the plurality of cubbies are unoccupied cubbies, and (c) facilitate manual assignment of a respective unoccupied cubby to a respective order by an employee by selecting a respective cubby tile of the plurality of selectable cubby tiles associated with the respective unoccupied cubby through the cubby selection interface;
a classification interface provided in response to the respective cubby tile being selected through the cubby selection interface, the classification interface providing a keyboard that facilitates entering order information associated with the respective order to associate the respective order with the respective unoccupied cubby; and
an instruction interface providing a number identifier associated with the respective unoccupied cubby that instructs the employee to place the respective order in the respective unoccupied cubby manually assigned by the employee in response to the order information being received; and

one or more processing circuits including one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive access information;
determine whether the access information is associated with the respective order within a respective cubby; and
activate the light of the respective cubby in response to the access information being associated with the respective order such that light emitted by the light shines through the transparent panel to indicate in which one of the plurality of cubbies the respective order is located.