US 11,807,419 B2
Goods delivery systems
Lars Sverker Ture Lindbo, Hatfield (GB); Paul Stewart, Hatfield (GB); and Andrew John Ingram-Tedd, Hatfield (GB)
Assigned to OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED, Hatfield (GB)
Filed by OCADO INNOVATION LIMITED, Hatfield (GB)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/196,259.
Application 17/196,259 is a continuation of application No. 16/080,521, granted, now 11,021,297, previously published as PCT/EP2017/054567, filed on Feb. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 1603517 (GB), filed on Feb. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0188484 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 21/032 (2006.01); B65D 25/00 (2006.01); B65D 6/06 (2006.01); B65D 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 25/005 (2013.01) [B65D 11/12 (2013.01); B65D 21/0209 (2013.01); Y02W 30/80 (2015.05)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for handling goods in a goods handling system having a plurality of re-usable, stackable containers, wherein at least one of the containers includes an inner part and an outer part, the inner part being slidably engaged within the outer part and slidable between a first position in which the inner part is located substantially within the outer part and a second position in which a substantial portion of the inner part extends beyond the outer part, whereby an interior of the at least one container is accessible by relative sliding movement of the inner part and the outer part into the second position, an open top and five closed sides including four side walls and a closed base located substantially at bottoms of the four side walls, three of the four side walls being provided by the outer part, the base and one of the four side walls being provided by the inner part and each of the side walls having substantially a same height such that when the inner part is in the first position the side wall provided by the inner part will be positioned adjacent to two of the three side walls provided by the outer part so that the four side walls are substantially continuous and define an aperture of the open top of the container, the inner part and the outer part being configured such that when the container is stacked with one or more containers, goods stored therein will remain within the container, and wherein the inner part includes two inner part side walls arranged perpendicular to the base, the method comprising:
loading goods within the at least one container;
stacking the at least one container among the plurality of containers;
accessing goods within the at least one container, while it remains stacked among the plurality of containers, by sliding the interior part of the at least one container into the second position;
removing goods from the at least one container, wherein at least one of the two inner part side walls have an opening configured to allow access to goods arranged in an interior of the inner part; and
removing goods from the at least one container through the opening in the side wall.