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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7694873 | Installation of germicidal lights in vending machines A vending machine for dispensing products includes a germicidal light for disinfecting a product dispensed by the vending machine. The germicidal light is positioned adjacent an exit chute of the vending machine such that it exposes the product to a sterilizing freq... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7436536 | System and method of providing proof of delivery A record of a document is transmitted to a receiver so as to provide proof of transmission of the document by delivery of the to be transmitted document to a secure delivery box which provides a copy of all documents being transmitted to the sender and/or the recipi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7325732 | Method and system for mail security and traceability A method and system for mail security and traceability is disclosed. Identification code producing equipment prints an encrypted code which identifies the source of the individual mail piece on each mail piece in a batch of mail. When the mailer submits the mailing ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7234633 | Securing and handling of mail A biohazard-isolating bag is positioned in the interior space of a public mailbox. The biohazard-isolating bag receives mail that is deposited in the mailbox. A postal worker, upon retrieving mail from the mailbox, closes the biohazard-isolating bag. Contaminants th... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7201307 | High security mail box A high security mail box which comprises an elongated housing having a front wall, a rear opening and a chamber therein to receive and store incoming mail items. A facility in the elongated housing, is for depositing the incoming mail items within the chamber by a m... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188538 | Hazardous material detector for detecting hazardous material in a mailstream The invention disclosed herein relates generally to mailpieces and more particularly, a hazardous material detector for detecting hazardous material in a mail stream. The present invention is directed, in general to detector for collecting sample (s) of hazardous ma... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6961711 | Method and system for facilitating delivery and pickup of goods The present system facilitates delivery and pickup of goods by providing a locker module at a location near a customer's residential site. For a vendor to deliver a good to the customer, the vendor leases a unit in the locker module from the system controller by acc... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6953148 | Mail collection bag A bag comprises an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The upper chamber comprises an inlet end defining an inlet opening. The lower chamber defines a lower chamber interior volume less than the upper chamber interior volume. A strainer is between the bottom end of t... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6816074 | Automated delivery and inventory status notification system and method An automated, flexible and programmable system to update delivery and inventory status for an aggregate of remote mailboxes, bins, shelves, sorter bins, and/or a plurality of bins to distant customers and vendors through email, pager, personal digital assistant (PDA... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6722561 | Full service locked mailbox A curbside mailbox wherein the outgoing mail compartment is located under the incoming mail compartment behind a single carrier service door. The incoming mail, when inserted, drops behind the outgoing mail compartment and falls into a deep mail storage area, to be ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6662997 | Mail receptacle An improved mail receptacle that expands to accommodate a large volume of mail, which volume could include a parcel. To attain this, the mail receptacle has an expandable pouch. In an embodiment, the pouch is configured to be stored in a pouch box, which ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6375070 | Postal delivery apparatus and method of postal delivery and receipt A postal delivery apparatus and method for delivering and removing parcels to residential and commercial customer is provided. The postal delivery apparatus preferably has a base including a bottom, a plurality of outer walls connected to and extending up... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6003761 | Drive-up mail distribution, storage and pick-up assembly A drive-up mail distribution, storage and pick-up assembly comprising a plurality of mail boxes, the boxes arranged in horizontal rows and vertical columns and retained in the assembly in an outer frame, each box defined by a central storage container bou... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6003010 | Apparatus and method for improved airborne transportation of small packages Packages are received from multiple sources at one central facility. The approved and verified packages are then transported to different airlines for expedited transport. The method features receiving self-reported identification and objective security i... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5617993 | Locking mailbox A locking mailbox (5) for receiving mail and other deliveries, to include newspapers and magazines, in a weather and theft resistant enclosure having a generally upright housing (7), a bottom compartment (8), and a separate top compartment (9), defined wi... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5597116 | Top opening locking mailbox A top opening locking mailbox (5) for receiving mail and other deliveries, to include newspapers and magazines, in a weather and theft resistant housing (7) having a top panel (22) pivotally supported on the top of housing (7), the top panel being movable... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5308058 | Mailbox security door with automatic set lifter A dynamic "mailboxing" unit and system for separating by users the sheet outputs of various users of a shared users printer (including facsimile receivers, copiers or combination units). It provides for stacking the sheets sequentially outputted from the ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5233532 | System for mailing and collecting items A system for accepting and storing items for subsequent pickup by a commercial carrier may include a storage area which is defined by an outer housing, and a customer interface area that includes a weighing unit and a unit, such as a magnetic card reader,... | 08/03/1993 |
| 4836352 | Express package collection locker An express package collection locker capable of automatically calculating the portage fee of a package. The locker comprises a plurality of boxes for storing packages, a plurality of weight sensors incorporated in the boxes, respectively, and a plurality ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4509676 | Rotary post office box and equipment enclosure The present invention relates to an equipment (12) enclosure which is particularly adapted for post office use is described. In particular the present invention relates to a post office box or related equipment (12) enclosure which has an inner unit (11) ... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4508259 | Variable access parcel and mail receptacle The subject invention is a multiple access mailbox and parcel receptacle, which comprises, in general, a longitudinally extending housing with a correspondingly internally disposed hollow chamber. Said hollow chamber conforms, in general, to the external ... | 04/02/1985 |
