Patent ID: 9037286
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An order fulfillment station arranged for filling, from stock goods, disposed in product containers, order containers corresponding to a customer order and holding order goods designated by a customer order, the fulfillment station comprising: an operator station where an operator is resident for picking stock goods from product containers and placing into order containers; a product container station configured for positioning the product containers for picking stock goods therefrom by the operator at the operator station, the product container station being arranged to define more than one product container holding locations; and an order container station configured for positioning the order containers for placing order goods thereinto by the operator at the operator station, the order container station defining more than one order container holding locations, wherein the product container station and the order container station have predetermined characteristics that define handedness features for picking from product containers at the more than one product container holding locations, each product container holding location having a different handedness than an adjacent product container holding location.