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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Paul Grady Russell, Campbell, CA (US);
Kevin Allen Kelly, Wichita, KS (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Packages for holding physical items, with the packages being configured to move the physical item from within a housing of the package to outside the housing as the user opens the package. For instance, the package may include a housing to at least partly surround the physical item, a sled to hold the physical item and reside within the housing before the package is opened, and a drawbridge that, when manipulated by a user, moves the sled and the item coupled thereto at least partly outside of the housing. Therefore, when the user receives an item (e.g., upon purchasing the physical item), the user may open the drawbridge to cause the physical item to transition to at least partly outside the box, providing a convenient and positive 'out-of-box' user experience.