Distribution Vehicle
OwnerAli Selekinventor
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Abstract
A distribution vehicle and method for improved means to efficiently load and deliver ordered products to a customer. The distribution vehicle includes the vehicle, a distribution box, and order boxes. The vehicle also includes a means to preserve perishable items during transport. This invention includes the methods to efficiently load order products into the order boxes and identify its exact location in the distribution box. The distribution box is loaded into the distribution vehicle after the order boxes filled with ordered products have been loaded into the distribution box.
Claims30
A distribution vehicle comprising:
- A vehicle capable of being driven;
- An open cargo area in the vehicle;
- A distribution box designed to fit into the cargo area;
- Order boxes located in compartments in the distribution box and;
- Doors in the vehicle to allow access to each order box.
A distribution vehicle comprising:
- A vehicle capable of being driven;
- An open cargo area in the vehicle;
- A distribution box designed to fit into the cargo area;
- A means to load the distribution box into the cargo area;
- A means to divide the distribution box into compartments;
- An order box designed to fit into a compartment in the distribution box;
- A means to load order boxes into the compartment in the distribution box;
- A means to allow access by delivery personnel to the order boxes without removal of the distribution box;
- A means to divide the order box into compartments.
A method to deliver product(s) to a customer comprising:
- Creating a distribution vehicle capable of being driven;
- Creating a distribution box of an appropriate size to fit into a cargo area of the distribution vehicle;
- Dividing the distribution box into compartments designed to house at lease one removable order box in each compartment;
- Dividing the order box into compartments designed to house product(s) for delivery;
- Identifying a particular customer and location of delivery for each order box;
- Filling each order box with the product(s) ordered by the particular customer;
- Loading the order box into the distribution box;
- Loading the distribution box into the distribution vehicle;
- Driving the vehicle to a particular customer location;
- Removing the identified order box(es) for a particular customer location;
- and delivering the ordered product(s) to the customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.