Patent 11560272 was granted and assigned to Ocado Innovation Limited on January, 2023 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A system and method for picking items from storage containers located in stacks within a grid-based storage system are described. The system can include a movable structural member, movable from a first position to a second position such that when in the second position it is possible for an operative to access at least one row of storage containers such that items can be manually picked therefrom.