ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,264, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Box Bot Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).
"Package receiving and delivery system" was invented by Mark Godwin (El Cerrito, Calif.), Austin Oehlerking (Oakland, Calif.) and John McDonald (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated package Pickup and Receiving Station (PRS) (100) with autonomous ground vehicles (AGV) (18) are presented, which may be used to pick up, deliver and securely store packages (28), parcels, mail, prepared food, groceries or other items that may be placed in a tray, which may include an integrated container. A portal (10) facilitates loading of items into, and remova...