US Patent Issued to Walmart Apollo on July 8 for "Systems and methods of storing and retrieving retail store product inventory" (Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,060, issued on July 8, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).

"Systems and methods of storing and retrieving retail store product inventory" was invented by Paul E. Durkee (Centerton, Ark.) and Brian C. Roth (Bentonville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful in retail store inventory storage and retrieval. Some embodiments provide systems, comprising: a rack system positioned above a dropdown ceiling and extending over the sales floor, and comprising: a plurality of racks, a rail system and the plurality of access passages; a plurality of unmanned vehicles; a plurality...