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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2021
Florence Corporation, Manhattan, KS (US);
Kevin A. Fee, Manhattan, KS (US);
Zachary A. Williams, Newton, KS (US);
Florence Corporation, Manhattan, KS (US);
Abstract
The disclosure provides a system for delivering purchased items, with each item having an item identifier that includes the price, size and possibly a shape coefficient of the item, to customers by a service provider or store employee comprising, a plurality of lockers, each having a locking portion, a delivery code that associates one or more items with a transaction and a customer, a central control unit comprising an input device for reading a delivery code and open the number of lockers needed to accommodate the items designated in the delivery code. The central control unit communicates with a store management system to provide the customer an authentication code to subsequently retrieve the items. A method and system for picking and placing items in a locker bank for retrieval by a customer is also disclosed.