The present invention relates to a package receptacle assembly that is integrated into a column of a home. The compartment in some embodiments has a door that is positioned in a front wall of the compartment so that the door is positioned between the rear wall of the compartment and a front door of a home, which obscures the door from view. The door in some arrangements has a locking assembly, which is configured to send out notification and provide remote control of the locking assembly in various iterations of the present invention. Some embodiments have a chute that extends through the column and between the compartment and the roof to allow delivery of a package onto the roof and through the column to the compartment, such as by way of a UAV. Other embodiments include a chute that extends from the compartment to the home.

A secure package delivery assembly for preventing return or theft of a package includes a first bracket and a box. The first bracket is configured to couple to one of an upper end and a lower end of a door so that a first plate of the first bracket, to which the box is coupled, is positioned in substantial abutment to an exterior face of the door. An aperture that is positioned in a top of the box is configured to allow insertion of a package. A retention assembly that is coupled to and positioned in the box is configured to deter extraction of the package through the aperture. An opening is positioned in a horizontal face of the box to allow a user to retrieve the package. A panel that is hingedly coupled to the horizontal face is selectively couplable to the box to securely close the opening.

The present invention relates to a mailbox. The mailbox includes an extended downward sloping chute into and through which mail and packages destined for the mailbox's owner can be deposited. The length and orientation of the downward sloping chute makes it difficult if not impossible for the mailbox contents to be accessed and removed through the downward sloping chute. A locked door in the main portion of the box is provided to allow controlled and authorized access to the box's contents.

An intelligent item receptacle, system, and method for providing supplemental media content in response to depositing an item having media indicia disposed thereon. An intelligent item receptacle includes an item receptacle securely enclosing an interior volume, an item sensor configured to detect an inserted item, a camera within the interior volume configured to capture an image of the item, and an output configured to play audio or visual content to bystanders outside the item receptacle. Processing circuitry within the item receptacle analyzes the image to determine if the media indicia are present on the item and, if present, causes the output to play the audio or visual content associated with the media indicia.

A drone package drop adapter has a first chute section, a second chute section, an inlet, and a shaft. The first chute section has a first ramp and a first drop. The second chute section has a second ramp, a second connector, and a second drop. The first ramp has a plurality of first openings, a first ramp top edge, and a first ramp bottom edge. The first drop has a first drop top edge and a first drop bottom edge. The second ramp has a plurality of second openings, a second ramp top edge, and a second ramp bottom edge. The second connector has a second connector top edge and a second connector bottom edge. The second drop has a second drop top edge and a second drop bottom edge.

A theft prevention package container having a package chute positioned in a top surface thereof and a slot positioned on a back surface thereof to receive a lower end of a garage door so as to hold the package container in a position where it is locked in place by the garage door.

A smart and secure mailbox includes a mailbox and a secured storage. The mailbox and the secured storage are connected through a shared section. The shared section encloses an automated flap. The shared section also integrates a weight sensor. Upon a delivery of a mail, the weight sensor provides an activation signal which triggers the automated flap. The automated flap activates and provides a gap between the mailbox and the secured storage. The delivered mail falls through the gap. Upon a placement of the delivered mail within the secured storage, the automated flap closes which secures the delivered mail within the secured storage.

A mailbox portal device, the device including a front, top, bottom, left side, right side, at least one chute in the front of the mailbox portal, where the chute opens, the at least one chute is removably connected to a pliable bag located within the mailbox portal device, a clasp connected to the pliable bag, where the clasp is in an open position to receive at least one package and the clasp is closed when disengaging the pliable bag from the mailbox portal. A method for storing and carrying packages, including opening a chute of a mailbox portal, depositing at least one package into the chute, where each package travels down the chute and into a pliable bag, disengaging the pliable bag from the mailbox portal, and closing the pliable bag for transport.

A secure package delivery assembly for preventing return or theft of a package includes a first bracket and a box. The first bracket is configured to couple to one of an upper end and a lower end of a door so that a first plate of the first bracket, to which the box is coupled, is positioned in substantial abutment to an exterior face of the door. An aperture that is positioned in a top of the box is configured to allow insertion of a package. A retention assembly that is coupled to and positioned in the box is configured to deter extraction of the package through the aperture. An opening is positioned in a horizontal face of the box to allow a user to retrieve the package. A panel that is hingedly coupled to the horizontal face is selectively couplable to the box to securely close the opening.

An apparatus for receiving and preventing unauthorized access to deliveries has an enclosure, a moveable roof on the enclosure, a rotatable basket within the enclosure, and a connecting member coupling motion of the roof and the basket. The basket is rotatable between an upright and an upside-down position. The roof is moveable between an open position in which the basket is accessible and a closed position in which the basket access is blocked. When the roof is moved to the open position, the connecting member rotates the basket to the upright position thereby allowing a user to place the article into the basket. Moving the roof to the closed position rotates the basket to the upside-down position thereby causing the article to drop out of the basket towards the bottom of the enclosure. The enclosure may open into a chute or building for delivering the parcels to a remote location.