Patent ID: 7337944
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: A47G,G07F

Abstract:
1. A secure container for housing mail and other deliverables comprising: a watertight housing; an incoming mail compartment disposed inside the housing; an outgoing mail compartment disposed inside the housing; a storage compartment disposed inside the housing; a main door attached to the housing, wherein the main door provides access to the incoming mail compartment and the outgoing mail compartment and does not provide access to the storage compartment; a storage door attached to the housing, wherein the storage door provides access to the storage compartment and does not provide access to the incoming mail compartment and outgoing mail compartment; a sensing device configured to determine delivery information upon placement of a deliverable in the storage compartment; an electronic memory adapted to store a log of the delivery information; and a communication device configured to communicate the delivery information from the electronic memory to a scanning device, wherein the scanning device includes: