Patent ID: 11897693
Assignee: CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A goods storage and retrieval system, comprising
a multilevel warehouse racking system,
a mobile storage cart,
a cart home position, and
a materials handling vehicle disposed on a vehicle transit surface of the multilevel warehouse racking system, wherein:
the mobile storage cart is disposed in the cart home position;
the materials handling vehicle comprises a fork carriage assembly;
the materials handling vehicle is characterized by a cart engagement field of view; and
the materials handling vehicle executes vehicle functions to
(i) navigate along the vehicle transit surface to a localized engagement position where the cart home position is within the cart engagement field of view, and
(ii) engage the mobile storage cart in the cart home position with the fork carriage assembly.