Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Restaurant or bar
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-09
2005-08-09
Fischer, Andrew J. (Department: 3627)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Restaurant or bar
C383S097000, C383S120000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06928415
ABSTRACT:
Groceries ordered over the Internet by a particular time in the early evening may be delivered by the next morning to a location within a 5-6 hour delivery radius of a warehouse. The grocery order is filled at the warehouse, where the groceries are placed in a tote for delivery. If perishable groceries are to be delivered, a frozen insert is placed in the tote to maintain the groceries at a desired temperature. The filled tote is placed on a rack, which is removable with the tote on it. The racks have shelves that are pitched such that when a first tote is removed a second tote behind the first tote falls into the space previously occupied by the first tote. In the early evening, after the cutoff time for placing orders, the rack and totes on the rack are transferred to a first vehicle, typically a large trailer, that transports the rack and totes to a transfer point where the rack and the accompanying bill of lading are transferred to a second smaller vehicle, such as a van. The van delivers the totes to customers along a pre-established route. Upon reaching a delivery destination (usually a customer's home) by early the next morning, the van driver removes the tote for that customer from the van and secures it at the delivery destination. The tote may be secured in a locked expandable bag, such as a mesh net or insulated bag, that is itself secured to a grocery box. Alternatively, the tote may be secured by looping a chain or cable through and around a pair of eyelets on the tote. The customer removes the tote from the bag, removes the groceries from the tote, and returns the used tote to the bag for later pickup by the van.
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