--- description: Find out why Yale Smart Delivery Box is one of the best inventions of 2020. title: Yale Smart Delivery Box: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89514740805ba9eb/698a144fb3fce3542d0c7662/best-inventions-of-2020-Yale-Smart-Delivery-Box.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 19, 2020 # A Delivery Aid Yale Smart Delivery Box by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Courtesy With consumers relying more than ever on home deliveries, reports of porch pirates are surging, too. Enter the [Yale Smart Delivery Box](https://us.yalehome.com/en/ "undefined"), which provides a safe, secure spot for delivery workers to drop items. The sturdy plastic boxes—which can be weighted down with sand for additional security—are fitted with a Wifi-connected lock, which can be set to open for a soon-to-arrive delivery via an app. Once the delivery is complete, the app will notify you so that you can retrieve the item at your leisure. _—Jesse Will_ **Buy now:** [Yale Smart Delivery Box](https://shopyalehome.com/pages/smart-delivery-box "undefined") Yale Smart Delivery Box: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911445/yale-smart-delivery-box/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911445/yale-smart-delivery-box/"},"headline":"A Delivery Aid","datePublished":"2020-11-19T01:32:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:45:35.907Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911445/yale-smart-delivery-box/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89514740805ba9eb/698a144fb3fce3542d0c7662/best-inventions-of-2020-Yale-Smart-Delivery-Box.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89514740805ba9eb/698a144fb3fce3542d0c7662/best-inventions-of-2020-Yale-Smart-Delivery-Box.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911445/yale-smart-delivery-box/","name":"A Delivery Aid"}}]}] ```