Patent ID: 11866257
Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An automated warehouse storage system where inventory is transported in a plurality of totes, the automated warehouse storage system comprising;
a multilevel storage array comprising multiple levels of storage locations for storing a first group of totes of the plurality of totes, the first group of totes comprising product totes storing inventory for fulfilling customer orders;
mobile robots for transferring the plurality of totes to and from the multilevel storage array;
wherein inventory is transferred from one or more of the product totes to a second group of totes of the plurality of totes, the second group of totes comprising order totes including inventory fulfilling customer orders; and
wherein one or more of the order totes are stored in the multilevel storage array after formation of the one or more order totes.