A system and method for securing delivered packages is provided. One embodiment employs a j-shaped or u-shaped support member secured to a fixed location structure; a basket configured to receive a delivered package; an articulated frame that opens to receive the delivered package into the basket; and that closes to secure the delivered package within the basket; a latch; and a controller system controllably coupled to the latch, wherein the controller system releases the latch in response to an arrival of a package so that the articulated frame is opened to receive the delivered package into the basket, and wherein after the articulated frame is closed with the delivered package residing in the basket, the latch is engaged to lock the closed articulated frame.

An entrance refrigerator includes a cabinet installed to pass through a front door or a wall and forming a storage compartment for storing goods, a housing coupled to a lower end of the cabinet, an outdoor side door coupled to a front surface of the cabinet to open or close the storage compartment and exposed to an outside, an indoor side door coupled to a rear surface of the cabinet to open or close the storage compartment and exposed to an inside, a cold air supply device accommodated in a space defined by a lower portion of the cabinet and the housing and supplying cold air to the storage compartment, and at least one guide duct mounted on a bottom surface of the housing and extending in a front-to-rear direction of the housing, the at least one guide duct having a discharge port formed therein.

A movable body is configured to receive a package at a first location and wait for a recipient at a second location that is different from the first location. The movable body includes: a body configured to perform autonomous driving; a storage box attached to the body, the storage box being configured to temporarily store the package; and a controller configured to move the body from the first location to the second location.

A system for parcel transport and tracking that operates responsive to data bearing records includes a plurality of geographically spaced repositories. The exemplary repositories include a plurality of enclosed compartments. Access to each of the enclosed compartments is controlled by a respective door which is in operative connection with a respective lock. Central system circuitry is in operative connection with the repositories and is operative to control access to the compartments and to cause compartments to be selectively accessible so that selected parcels may be placed therein or removed therefrom by authorized item handlers.

Securing systems and methods of securing a transport container to an attachment point. In one embodiment, the securing system includes an actuator, an attachment structure, and an electronic controller. The attachment structure is dimensioned to complement the actuator. The electronic controller is operably coupled to the actuator for attaching and releasing the actuator to the attachment structure.

In order to prevent condensation from forming on a surface of an inner gasket surrounded on a rear surface of an indoor side door of an entrance refrigerator, the entrance refrigerator has a flow passage structure in which a portion of indoor air, whose temperature is increased by heat exchange with a heat sink, flows along the surface of the inner gasket.

In order to prevent condensation from forming on a surface of an inner gasket surrounded on a rear surface of an indoor side door of an entrance refrigerator, the entrance refrigerator has a flow passage structure in which a portion of indoor air, whose temperature is increased by heat exchange with a heat sink, flows along the surface of the inner gasket.

A secure, lockable folding storage box is disclosed herein. The storage box may attach to doors or walls. The storage box and fastening mechanism is adjustable to accommodate doors of various sizes. The storage box may also be mounted to any fixed or mobile structure. The storage box may be remotely locked, or unlocked, and/or have a programmable key access code interface.

A commodity deposit device includes delivery box sets, and a control panel configured to control the plurality of delivery box sets, wherein each of the plurality of delivery box sets includes a plurality of delivery boxes stacked, the control panel includes a controller configured to control opening and closing of the plurality of delivery boxes, and a display configured to output storage status information of the plurality of delivery boxes, and each of the plurality of delivery boxes includes a cabinet with a storeroom defined therein, a door rotatably connected to the cabinet and configured to open and close the storeroom, a commodity information recognizer installed at one side of an inside of the storeroom and configured to recognize an encryption code indicated on a commodity received into the storeroom, and a door lock configured to lock or unlock the door in response to a command transmitted from the controller.

A parcel chute (1) is provided for an outer wall (13) of a building or an enclosure of a balcony which is used for the automatic delivery and collection of a parcel (2) by an unmanned aircraft, in particular a logistics drone. A method for delivering a parcel (2) using an unmanned aircraft, in particular a logistics drone, an outer wall (13) with a parcel chute (1), and an enclosure with a parcel chute (1) are also provided.