IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,137,827
Granted Patent B2
US 12,137,827 · App. 18/080,483 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Package receiving container

Inventors: Michael Jenkins (Memphis, TN); Jacqueline Jenkins (Memphis, TN)
A47G29/141A47G29/20A47G2029/145
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,137,827
App. No.
18/080,483
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A package receiving container, including a main body to store at least one item therein, a lid assembly movably disposed on at least a portion of the main body to prevent access within the main body while closed and facilitate access within the main body while opened, a lock disposed on at least a portion of the lid assembly to prevent the lid assembly from opening in response to being locked; and a control unit disposed within at least a portion of the main body to monitor for receipt of the at least one item within the main body and sending a signal to an external device that the at least one item has been delivered in response to the main body receiving the at least one item.

Claims (24)

1. A package receiving container, comprising:

a main body to store at least one item therein;

a lid assembly movably disposed on at least a portion of the main body to prevent access within the main body while closed and facilitate access within the main body while opened;

a lock disposed on at least a portion of the lid assembly to prevent the lid assembly from opening in response to being locked; and

a control unit disposed within at least a portion of the main body to monitor for receipt of the at least one item within the main body and sending a signal to an external device that the at least one item has been delivered in response to the main body receiving the at least one item, wherein the main body comprises:

a base section to store the at least one item therein, and

a top section movably disposed within at least a portion of the base section to move from disposed within the base section to at least partially extended away from the base section in a first direction, and move from extended away from the base section to disposed within the base section in a second direction, such that the top section increases a volume of storage space while the top section is extended away from the base section.

2. The package receiving container of claim 1 , wherein the main body further comprises:

a plurality of tracks disposed on each corner edge of the base section to facilitate movement of the top section within the base section.

3. The package receiving container of claim 1 , wherein the base section and the top section are constructed of aromatic polyamide to increase resistance to ballistics.

4. The package receiving container of claim 1 , wherein the lid assembly comprises:

a lid body;

a folding bracket connected at a first end to at least a portion of the lid body and at a second end to at least a portion of the main body to prevent the lid body from closing while the folding bracket is fully extended; and

an envelope receiving aperture disposed on at least a portion of the lid body to receive the at least one item therethrough.

5. The package receiving container of claim 4 , wherein the lid assembly further comprises:

an insulation layer disposed on at least a portion of a perimeter of the lid body to absorb an impact of the lid body against the main body in response to closing the lid body against the main body.

6. The package receiving container of claim 1 , wherein the control unit transmits a randomly generated combination of the lock to an authorized courier in response to the control unit detecting a presence of the authorized courier.

7. The package receiving container of claim 6 , wherein the control unit prevents transmission of the randomly generated combination of the lock in response to the control unit detecting a presence of at least one unauthorized user.

8. A package receiving container, comprising:

a main body to store at least one item therein;

a lid assembly movably disposed on at least a portion of the main body to prevent access within the main body while closed and facilitate access within the main body while opened;

a lock disposed on at least a portion of the lid assembly to prevent the lid assembly from opening in response to being locked;

a control unit disposed within at least a portion of the main body to monitor for receipt of the at least one item within the main body and sending a signal to an external device that the at least one item has been delivered in response to the main body receiving the at least one item; and

a remote unit removably connected to at least a portion of a door to remotely control locking functions of the lock.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63288924 · Dec 13, 2021
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