Patent ID: 11912501
Assignee: AUTOSTORE TECHNOLOGY AS
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A container handling vehicle comprising:
a lower part in contact with a track system that the container handling vehicle moves along, wherein the lower part has a width and a length that form a vehicle footprint, and wherein the vehicle footprint of the lower part has dimensions such that a contact area of the container handling vehicle does not extend into an adjacent grid cell, and
an upper part, disposed vertically above the lower part, including a protruding section and a recessed section, the protruding section being configured to extend beyond the lower part into the adjacent grid cell, and the recessed section being of a complimentary shape to the protruding section such that the recessed section is configured to receive other protruding sections of other container handling vehicles, and
wherein the lower part further includes a storage space configured to accommodate a storage container that is accessed via openings of the track system.