Delivery system and method
OwnerBrian Carrinventor
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Abstract
A delivery system and a method of delivering articles are provided. The system has a secure box having a planar top wall and a cylindrical sidewall, and a reclosable opening in the top wall, at least one reclosable opening in the sidewall. The system is configured to open the top wall opening for receiving an article into the secure box and for closing and locking the top wall opening, upon the article being received in the secure box. A round conveyor having at least two partitions and is configured and disposed to hold the article and to rotate and dispose the article proximate the sidewall opening for a recipient of the article.
Claims19
A delivery system comprising:
- a secure box having a planar top wall and a cylindrical sidewall;
- a reclosable opening in the top wall;
- a top wall door configured and disposed to close the reclosable opening in the top wall;
- a top wall lock configured and disposed for locking the top wall door closed;
- at least one reclosable opening in the sidewall;
- a sidewall door configured and disposed to close the reclosable opening in the sidewall;
- a sidewall lock configured and disposed for locking the sidewall door closed;
- the system being configured and disposed to move the top wall door and open the top wall opening for receiving an article into the secure box and for moving the top wall door and closing the top wall opening, and for activating top wall lock and locking the top wall door closed, upon the article being received in the secure box;
- at least one round conveyor having at least two partitions and being configured and disposed to hold the article and to rotate and dispose the article proximate the sidewall opening;
- the at least one sidewall opening being configured and disposed to be unlocked and opened for the removal of the delivered article from the at least one round conveyor and to close and lock upon the retrieval of the article by a user.
A method of delivering articles comprising the steps of:
- opening a portion of a top wall of a secure box;
- moving an article being delivered through the opening in the top wall and into the secure box;
- holding the article with at least one round conveyor having partitions extending up from a bottom wall;
- closing and securing the top portion of the top wall;
- receiving a communication from a recipient of the article;
- rotating the at least one round conveyor and disposing the article proximate a sidewall opening in the secure box;
- opening the sidewall opening and retrieving the article held on the at least one round conveyor between the partitions, by the recipient;
- and closing and securing the opening in the sidewall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.