Patent ID: 9514430
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B07C,B65G,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method of handling parcels ( 2 ) in a logistics center ( 1 ) for handling parcels ( 2 ), the method comprising the steps consisting in unloading the parcels ( 2 ) at an unloading point ( 3 ) of the center ( 1 ), in moving said parcels ( 2 ) and in stowing them in organized manner in various segments ( 12 ) of a stowage zone ( 11 ) of said center ( 1 ), each segment corresponding to a shipment of the parcels ( 2 ), and then in transferring said parcels ( 2 ) waiting for loading from each segment ( 12 ) to a loading point ( 3 ), said method being characterized in that, in order to move and in order to stow said parcels ( 2 ), it further consists in using racks ( 5 ) of the nesting type on legs and of different formats (heights and widths), suitable for nesting together by being superposed on one another, and in using independent self-propelled motor-driven shuttle carts ( 6 ) suitable for docking ( 100 ) with each rack ( 5 ), which shuttle carts are controlled individually and remotely to travel in freely guided manner, and in that it further comprises the steps consisting in: unloading ( identifying ( using an outward shipping plan associating each destination of a parcel ( using an inward delivery plan specifying the delivery sequence for said parcels (