US 11,748,699 B2
Package receiving and delivery system
Mark Godwin, El Cerrito, CA (US); Austin Oehlerking, Oakland, CA (US); and John McDonald, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to BOX BOT, INC., Oakland, CA (US)
Appl. No. 16/758,387
Filed by Box Bot Inc., Oakland, CA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 5, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/059119
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 22, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/090196, PCT Pub. Date May 9, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/581,561, filed on Nov. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0342392 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
Int. Cl. B65G 1/04 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [B65G 1/0407 (2013.01); B65G 1/1378 (2013.01); B65G 2201/025 (2013.01); B65G 2209/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A package receiving and delivery system comprising:
a two-dimensional gantry oriented along a central corridor of a pickup and receiving station (PRS);
an end of arm tool supported by the two dimensional gantry, the end of arm tool selectively engaging and disengaging from one or more package support trays, and moving said one or more package support trays between a central position, a position extended in a first direction perpendicularly to the gantry, and a position extended in a second, opposite direction perpendicularly to the gantry;
an access portal for receiving one or more packages from outside of the PRS, the access portal positioned proximate said gantry such that said end of arm tool may extend one of said trays towards said portal for placement of a package thereon;
internal shelving rails within the PRS on one or more sides of the central corridor, adapted for engagement and support of said one or more package support trays for storing packages supported thereon; and
one or more bays for passage of an automated ground vehicle (AGV) into the PRS on one or more sides of the central corridor, the bays accessible to the gantry and end of arm tool for loading and unloading of package support trays into an AGV.