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

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
an item-consolidation area that receives one or more items;
a carton-receiving area that receives a carton;
a structure that holds the item-consolidation area vertically higher than the carton-receiving area;
a passage between the item-consolidation area and the carton-receiving area, the passage allowing the one or more items to pass from the item-consolidation area to the carton in the carton-receiving area, the system including one or more door members pivoting to close the passage and pivoting to open the passage; and
an actuation mechanism that controls movement of the one or more items between the item-consolidation area and the carton-receiving area, the 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.