Patents
US 12077087 B2: Package delivery system
- Granted
- 2024-09-03
- Filed
- 2021-09-15 application 17476265
- Type
- Utility · 19 claims
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Abstract
A system for delivering packages from a warehouse to end destinations, the system comprising a fleet of self-propelled long-range transports and a fleet of containers, each configured to be loaded at the warehouse with packages destined for end destinations. Each long-range transport is configured to be loaded with at least four of the loaded containers and transport the at least four of the loaded containers from the warehouse to one or more intermediate destinations. Upon arrival of one of the loaded long-range transports at one of the one or more intermediate destinations, at least one of the loaded containers is separated from the loaded long-range transport, whereupon the separated container delivers packages to end destinations proximate to the one of the one or more intermediate destinations. After delivery of at least some of the packages loaded thereon at the warehouse, the container is once again loaded on the long-range transport and returned to the warehouse to be loaded with more packages.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240903.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Labs LLC 302 patents | US company or organization | Provo, UT | Hall Labs LLC Form D issuer EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen R. Hall | Provo, UT | 47 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| David R. Hall | Provo, UT | 859 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jeff Duncan | Tucson, AZ | 9 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Nathan Davis | Bountiful, UT | 34 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B60P | Vehicles adapted for load transportation or to transport, to carry, or to comprise special loads or objects | B60P3/007 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A47G | Household or table equipment | A47G29/141 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60L | Propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles ; supplying electric power for auxiliary equipment of electrically-propelled vehicles ; electrodynamic brake systems for vehicles in general ; magnetic suspension or levitation for vehicles; monitoring operating variables of electrically-propelled vehicles; electric safety devices for electrically-propelled vehicles | B60L53/80 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60R | Vehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for | B60R25/24 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60W | Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function; control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles; road vehicle drive control systems for purposes not related to the control of a particular sub-unit | B60W60/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B62D | Motor vehicles; trailers | B62D31/025 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B65D | Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers; accessories, closures, or fittings therefor; packaging elements; packages | B65D88/12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B65G | Transport or storage devices, e.g. conveyors for loading or tipping, shop conveyor systems or pneumatic tube conveyors | B65G67/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G01S | Radio direction-finding; radio navigation; determining distance or velocity by use of radio waves; locating or presence-detecting by use of the reflection or reradiation of radio waves; analogous arrangements using other waves | G01S19/14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G05D | Systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables | G05D1/0221 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06N | Computing arrangements based on specific computational models | G06N3/08 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q10/06315 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G07C | Time or attendance registers; registering or indicating the working of machines; generating random numbers; voting or lottery apparatus; arrangements, systems or apparatus for checking not provided for elsewhere | G07C9/00309 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y02T | Climate change mitigation technologies related to transportation | Y02T10/70 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Y10S | Technical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests | Y10S901/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
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