Patent ID: 6612489
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: A47G,E05B

Abstract:
A method of providing a secure delivery of an item to an unattended location pursuant to an order placed at a remote location from said unattended location, comprising the steps of:providing a key locked storage box at said location; providing a receptacle enclosing a key to said storage box lock at said location but outside said storage box, said key receptacle having a lock openable upon entry of a present unlock code; assigning an unlock code for said key receptacle lock when a delivery order is placed; presetting said key receptacle lock with said assigned code by a person having access to said key receptacle to preset said code at said location; preparing an item label for said item bearing said assigned key receptacle unlock code; transporting said item to said location; entering said assigned code into said key receptacle lock and opening said key receptacle to obtain said key; opening said storage box using said key and depositing said item to be delivered therein; thereafter closing and locking said storage box; and, placing said key back in said key receptacle and thereafter closing and locking said key receptacle.