Patent ID: 7246706
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: B07C,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: picking a plurality of items to fulfill a plurality of orders from stock storage of a materials handling facility; sorting the plurality of items into compartments of modular bins at one or more modular sorting stations, wherein each modular sorting station comprises two or more modular bins, wherein each modular bin is partitioned into two or more compartments, wherein each order is assigned to a particular one of the compartments in a particular one of the modular bins, wherein two or more orders are assigned to each modular bin, and wherein each item is sorted into a compartment assigned to an order for which the item was picked; detecting when all the orders assigned to compartments in one of the modular bins at one of the modular sorting stations are completed, wherein an order is completed when all of one or more items of the order have been received in the compartment assigned to the order; and moving the modular bin from the modular sorting station to one of one or more packing stations for packaging the completed orders in the modular bin in response to said detecting.