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US 12,440,053 B2Granted
Parcel delivery locker configured for assembly after shipment
AssigneeJuggernaut Spark Development LLC
InventorWalter C. Waltereze
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Abstract
A parcel delivery locker has a body portion formed by four panels that are joined to each other along hinge joints at their vertical edges. The hinges joints allow the body portion to be alternatively configured into a stack for shipping, or as a box for use in receiving and containing parcels. A lid is joined to the body portion during assembly and has an electronically controlled locking mechanism that can be wirelessly controlled to lock or unlock. A floor portion is coupled to the four panels as well.
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A parcel delivery locker, comprising:
- a body portion having four side panels, the four side panels including a left side panel, a front side panel, a right side panel, and a rear side panel, wherein the front panel is hingeably joined to the right side panel and the left side panel, and one of the left side panel or the right side panel is hingeably joined to the rear panel such that the four side panels can be arranged alternatively in a stack or in a box configuration where the rear panel is joined to the other of the left or right panel that is not hingeably joined to the rear panel;
- a lid that is configured to join to the body portion when the four panels are arranged in the box configuration, the lid including a joining portion that is configured to fasten to the rear panel and is hingeably joined to a main top portion of the lid;
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- a floor portion that is configured to be fastened to the four side panels at a bottom of each of the four side panels when the four side panels are arranged in the box configuration.
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A parcel delivery locker, comprising:
- a body portion having four panels, the four panels including a front panel, rear panel opposite the front panel, a left side panel, and a right side panel, the left side panel and the right side panel positioned between the front and rear panels on opposite sides of the body portion, wherein the right side panel is joined to the rear panel along a first hinge joint along adjacent vertical edges of the rear panel and the right side panel, the right side panel is joined to the front panel along a second hinge joint along adjacent vertical edges of the front panel and the right side panel, the left side panel is joined to the front panel along a third hinge joint along adjacent vertical edges of the front panel and the left side panel, and the left side panel is joined to the rear panel along a fourth hinge joint, wherein at least one of the first, second, third, or fourth hinge joints allow at least a 270 degree range of motion so that the body portion can be arranged in a stack;
- a lid that is configured to join to the body portion when the four panels are arranged in a box configuration, the lid including a joining portion that is configured to fasten to the rear panel and is hingeably joined to a main top portion of the lid;
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- a floor portion that is configured to be fastened to the rear, front, right side, and left side panels at a bottom of each of the rear, front, right side, and left side panels when the rear, front, right side, and left side panels are arranged in the box configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.