Medication receiver

Abstract

Medication-receivers for safely and securely receiving the temporarily delivery of medications are discussed. Such medication-receivers may be removably attached to exterior doors of structures such as, but not limited to, residences and/or businesses, without damage to such exterior doors, and in a manner that minimizes and/or deters theft of contents of the given medication-receiver. Such medication-receivers may have a cabinet and a downward sliding drawer for receiving the medication. The drawer may be locked to the cabinet. Such medication-receivers may be outfitted with various electronics that may facilitate safe and secure delivery of medication, including locking and unlocking of the drawer, delivery verification, recipient pickup verification, secure access controls, tamper monitoring, and the like.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A medication receiver for removably receiving at least one article for temporary housing of the at least one article, wherein the medication receiver is configured for attachment to a door with hinges, wherein the medication receiver comprises:
 a cabinet comprised of a housing and a drawer with an interior of the drawer that is configured for removably receiving the at least one article; wherein the interior of the drawer is bounded by a bottom-of-drawer, a top-of-drawer, a side-wall-of-drawer, and a front-of-drawer; wherein the bottom-of-drawer is disposed opposite from the top-of-drawer; wherein an opening to the drawer and to the interior is disposed opposite from the sidewall-of-drawer; wherein the cabinet exists in two operational configurations a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration; wherein when the cabinet is in the locked configuration, the housing of the cabinet and the front-of-drawer substantially encloses the interior of the drawer and blocks access to the opening from an exterior of the medication receiver; wherein when the cabinet is in the unlocked configuration, at least a portion of the drawer slidingly extends out from the housing of the cabinet providing access to at least a portion of the interior of the drawer; and   door attachment hardware, wherein at least a portion of the door attachment hardware is attached to the housing, wherein at least another portion of the door attachment hardware is attached to the door.   
     
     
         2 . The medication receiver according to  claim 1 , wherein a rear of the housing comprises a pair of opposing slots; wherein the at least the portion of the door attachment hardware comprises a pair of opposing rails; wherein the pair of opposing slots removably receives the pair of opposing rails such that the at least the portion of the door attachment hardware is slidingly attached to the rear of the housing. 
     
     
         3 . The medication receiver according to  claim 2 , wherein the sliding attachment between the rear of the housing and the at least the portion of the door attachment hardware is stopped by a stop located on the door attachment hardware that physically engages a complimentary-stop located on the rear of the housing. 
     
     
         4 . The medication receiver according to  claim 1 , wherein the door attachment hardware comprises a main member that is substantially planar, wherein the door attachment hardware comprises a top bracket that extends from a top portion of the main member, wherein the top bracket is configured to removably physically engage a top edge of the door, wherein the top bracket is substantially orthogonal with the main member. 
     
     
         5 . The medication receiver according to  claim 4 , wherein the door attachment hardware comprises a side bracket that extends from a side of the main member, wherein the side bracket is substantially orthogonal with the main member, wherein the side bracket is substantially orthogonal with the top bracket, wherein the side bracket is configured to removably physically engage a hinge-side of the door, wherein the hinge-side of the door is orthogonal to the top edge of the door. 
     
     
         6 . The medication receiver according to  claim 5 , wherein the door attachment hardware further comprises an additional side bracket that extends from the side of the main member, wherein the additional side bracket is located below the side bracket and is spaced apart from the side bracket by a predetermined distance, wherein the additional side bracket is substantially parallel with the side bracket, wherein the additional side bracket is configured to removably physically engage the hinge-side of the door in a different location than the side bracket. 
     
     
         7 . The medication receiver according to  claim 5 , wherein the medication-receiver is attached closer to the hinge-side of the door than a not-hinge-side of the door, wherein the not-hinge-side of the door is opposed from and parallel with the hinge-side of the door. 
     
     
         8 . The medication receiver according to  claim 4 , wherein the medication-receiver is attached closer to the top edge of the door than to a bottom edge of the door, wherein the bottom edge of the door opposes and is parallel with the top edge of the door. 
     
     
         9 . The medication receiver according to  claim 1 , wherein the drawer is slidingly attached to the housing of the cabinet by at least one rail subassembly, wherein the at least one rail subassembly is in physical contact with both the drawer and the housing. 
     
     
         10 . The medication receiver according to  claim 9 , wherein the at least one rail subassembly is located beneath a floor of the drawer and above a bottom of the housing. 
     
     
         11 . The medication receiver according to  claim 9 , wherein the at least one rail subassembly is located above a roof of the drawer and beneath a top of the housing. 
     
     
         12 . The medication receiver according to  claim 9 , wherein the at least one rail subassembly is at least partially located on the side-wall-of-drawer. 
     
     
         13 . The medication receiver according to  claim 9 , wherein when the cabinet is in the unlocked configuration, the at least one rail subassembly provides cantilever structural support to the drawer that is extended from the housing. 
     
     
         14 . The medication receiver according to  claim 1 , wherein sliding mechanics between the housing and the drawer is such that transitions between the locked configuration and the unlocked configuration move back and forth in a single linear line, wherein this single linear line is at an angle from a major plane of the rear of the housing to at least one rail subassembly of the cabinet, wherein this angle is less than ninety degrees and greater than zero degrees such that the drawer opens downwards with respect to the housing. 
     
     
         15 . The medication receiver according to  claim 1 , wherein the medication receiver comprises a lock assembly and a lock receiver, wherein at least a portion the lock assembly is configured to removably physically engage at least a portion of the lock receiver during the locked configuration to lock the drawer to the housing. 
     
     
         16 . The medication receiver according to  claim 1 , wherein the medication receiver comprises at least one interior camera and at least one external camera; wherein the at least one interior camera is directed to view the interior of the drawer and is attached to the drawer; wherein the at least one external camera is attached to the front of the drawer and directed to capturing images that are external and in front of the medication receiver within a predetermined field of range. 
     
     
         17 . The medication receiver according to  claim 1 , wherein the medication receiver comprises at least one external camera, at least one light emitting diode, at least one touch interface, at least one antenna, at least one power source, and at least one processor; wherein the at least one external camera, the at least one light emitting diode, the at least one touch interface, the at least one antenna, and the at least one power source are all operatively connected to the at least one processor. 
     
     
         18 . The medication receiver according to  claim 17 , wherein the at least one external camera, the at least one light emitting diode, and the at least one touch interface are all at least partially located on an exterior of the cabinet; wherein the at least one antenna, the at least one power source, and the at least one processor are located at least partially within the front of the drawer. 
     
     
         19 . The medication receiver according to  claim 1 , wherein the cabinet comprises a lower compartment, wherein the lower compartment is located substantially within the housing, wherein the lower compartment is further located at a lower rear portion of the housing, wherein when the cabinet is in the locked configuration the lower compartment is located substantially beneath the drawer. 
     
     
         20 . The medication receiver according to  claim 19 , wherein substantially within the lower compartment is at least one electronic hardware component.