US 11,719,480 B2
Portable container
Clayton Alexander, Westlake Village, CA (US); Daren John Leith, Agoura Hills, CA (US); Mikko Juhani Timperi, San Marcos, CA (US); Christopher Thomas Wakeham, Solana Beach, CA (US); Rahul Mulinti, Westlake Village, CA (US); Jacob William Emmert, Westchester, CA (US); and Paul Thomas Gurney, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to Ember Technologies, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US)
Filed by Ember Technologies, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/936,587.
Application 17/071,860 is a division of application No. 16/908,519, filed on Jun. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,365,926, issued on Jun. 21, 2022.
Application 17/936,587 is a continuation of application No. 17/469,187, filed on Sep. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,466,919.
Application 17/469,187 is a continuation of application No. 17/071,860, filed on Oct. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,118,827, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/970,029, filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,696, filed on Dec. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/887,453, filed on Aug. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/866,398, filed on Jun. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0023950 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F25D 3/06 (2006.01); F25B 21/02 (2006.01); F25D 16/00 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 3/06 (2013.01) [F25B 21/02 (2013.01); F25D 16/00 (2013.01); F25D 29/003 (2013.01); F25B 2321/023 (2013.01); F25D 2400/36 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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20. A portable container, comprising:
a container body;
a payload chamber in the container body that is configured to receive and hold one or more goods;
a lid operable to access the payload chamber;
an electronic system, comprising:
one or more power storage devices,
circuitry configured to wirelessly communicate via a cell radio with a cloud-based data storage system or a remote electronic device,
an electronic display screen, and
a button or a touch screen configured to be actuated by a user to a) automatically switch sender and recipient information on the electronic display screen to facilitate return of the portable container to the sender or b) automatically contact a parcel carrier to alert the parcel carrier that the portable container is ready for pickup.