US 12,437,264 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)
Filed by Box Bot Inc., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/460,650.
Application 18/460,650 is a continuation of application No. 16/758,387, granted, now 11,748,699, previously published as PCT/US2018/059119, filed on Nov. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/581,561, filed on Nov. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0410044 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/137 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
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)] 19 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 configured to engage and disengage from one or more package support trays;
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 two-dimensional gantry and end of arm tool for loading and unloading of the one or more package support trays into an AGV; and
an access portal for receiving one or more packages from outside of the PRS, wherein the end of arm tool is configured to extend one of said package support trays towards the access portal for placement of a package thereon.