US Patent Issued to Federal Express on March 31 for "Node-enabled logistics receptacle apparatus, systems, and methods with a deployable storage element for receiving and temporarily maintaining a delivery item" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,842, issued on March 31, was assigned to Federal Express Corp. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Node-enabled logistics receptacle apparatus, systems, and methods with a deployable storage element for receiving and temporarily maintaining a delivery item" was invented by Ole-Petter Skaaksrud (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A node-enabled logistics receptacle system with a deployable storage element for receiving and temporarily maintaining a delivery item. The system includes a storage receptacle with an entrance opening for receiving the delivery item and a deployable autonomous mobile container as the deployable storage element...