ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,388, issued on April 15.

"Package storage assembly" was invented by Khalif Issack (Seattle) and Adan Abdul (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package storage assembly includes a battery of lockers positioned in a public location to be accessible to delivery drivers and intended recipients. Each of the battery of lockers includes a door and a lock and a communication unit is integrated into the battery of lockers. The communication unit is in communication with the lock in the door associated with each of the battery of lockers. The communication unit receives a delivery command from an extrinsic communication network originatin...