Patent ID: 9327887
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A47G,B65D,E05B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A delivery receptacle for receiving and securing an object, comprising: a housing having an input opening and a storage area adjoining the input opening; a lid hingedly attached to the housing allowing the lid to be moved between a closed position in which the lid covers the input opening and an open position in which the lid is substantially completely out of the way of the input opening allowing access the storage area through the input opening; a locking mechanism having a latch, an actuation device operably coupled to the latch and a controller operably coupled to the actuation device and configured to control the actuation device, the locking mechanism having a locked state in which the actuation device positions the latch in a locked position to lock the lid when the lid is in the closed position and an unlocked state in which the actuation device positions the latch in an unlocked position allowing the lid to be moved from the closed position to the open position, the controller including a code-operated device configured to receive a code which causes the controller to adjust the locking mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state; and wherein the locking mechanism is configured to have at least two of the following three operating modes, including: a utility compartment within the housing in which at least one of a mode switch for selecting one of the three operating modes, a programming button for putting the controller into a programming mode, and a battery is located within the utility compartment, the utility compartment having an access door; a key lock disposed in the housing, the key lock configured to be operated by a key and having a latch mechanism such that rotating a key in the key lock rotates the key lock and latch mechanism between a key locked position in which the latch mechanism does not affect the locking mechanism and a key unlocked position in which the latch mechanism adjusts the locking mechanism to the unlocked position, the key lock having a door locking device which is rotated by rotating a key in the key lock, and wherein when the key lock is in the key locked position the door locking device is in a door locked position which locks the access door in a closed position preventing access into the utility compartment and when the key lock is in the key unlocked position the door locking device is in a door unlocked position which unlocks the access door allowing the door to be opened thereby allowing access into the utility compartment.