Container to facilitate selective delivery of parcels
AssigneeUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc.
InventorsJulio GIL, Julian BELL, Fredric Michael LOPEZ
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AssigneeUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc.
InventorsJulio GIL, Julian BELL, Fredric Michael LOPEZ
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An intelligent container system is provided that accommodates a variety of sizes and shapes of parcels, and that allows the parcels to be dispensed from the container one at a time, in any order. The container system has an open face, such as the bottom. A first panel cooperates with a second panel to selectively close the open bottom, and to selectively open the bottom below a desired parcel, allowing the parcel to be individually dispensed when desired. The container system has a plurality of dividers that can be moved along the length of the container to create a series of compartments that match the sizes of the parcels within the compartments. A position sensing system is used to determine the location of the dividers, and thus the location of the compartments.
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