CA2099180A1 - Portable newspaper dispensing pack - Google Patents
Portable newspaper dispensing packInfo
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
- A45F3/00—Travelling or camp articles; Sacks or packs carried on the body
- A45F3/04—Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of two straps passing over the two shoulders
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF DISCLOSURE
The device is a backpack with a removable plastic container to contain 28 to 33 newspapers of any size folded with elastic bands. The box-like container has an open top, a 30 degree angled base and adjustable openings at one of its sides and at the base to allow the stacked newspapers to be easily pulled out from one side of the bottom. The water-resistant backpack, into which the container is inserted, has a similar sized opening at its base to allow the newspaper to be pulled out whilst it is carried on one's back. The whole device with its contents weighs about 7.5 kilograms and facilitates easy dispensing and distribution of the newspapers in any terrain and weather and in half the time it takes to distribute an equal number of newspapers with existing methods.
Even more time can be saved if pre-folded newspapers are stored in additional containers where only a switch-over of containers into the pack is required. The opening at the base of the backpack comes with a zipped flap inside the pack which can be used to convert the pack to a multi-purpose backpack.
The device is a backpack with a removable plastic container to contain 28 to 33 newspapers of any size folded with elastic bands. The box-like container has an open top, a 30 degree angled base and adjustable openings at one of its sides and at the base to allow the stacked newspapers to be easily pulled out from one side of the bottom. The water-resistant backpack, into which the container is inserted, has a similar sized opening at its base to allow the newspaper to be pulled out whilst it is carried on one's back. The whole device with its contents weighs about 7.5 kilograms and facilitates easy dispensing and distribution of the newspapers in any terrain and weather and in half the time it takes to distribute an equal number of newspapers with existing methods.
Even more time can be saved if pre-folded newspapers are stored in additional containers where only a switch-over of containers into the pack is required. The opening at the base of the backpack comes with a zipped flap inside the pack which can be used to convert the pack to a multi-purpose backpack.
Description
9 ~ 8 0 POR'rABLE~ N~:WSPAPER DISP~NSING PACK
The presen-t invention ~enerally relates ~o a backpack, and ~re particularly is concerned with a device with a capability of dispensing newspapers from a backpack ~uickly ~Ind minimisiny the newspapers from water damage whilst the courier is either on foot or cycling in any weather and in which the pack can be easily converted to a reglllar-use backpack.
Various types of bags are known for storing newspapers for distribution. These range from small sling bags to larger ones made of cloth, canvass or jute and other like materials which can contain up to about 15 - 20 newspapers, including flyers therein. The present bags available in the market to newspaper couriers allow only a small number of newspapers to be carried at one time and they are almost certain to gek partially wet in wet weather even if the newspapers are covered with plastic sheets. The bigger bags which can contain about 15-20 newspapers are o$ten difficult for child couriers to balance even when slung. Because of the number that can be carried each time, the courier has to make more trips to hi~ car or cart to refill the bag. As the sling bag is c~mbersome, many couriers prefer to carry a few newspapers in their hand and distribute them to the houses in an allocated local:it~. Backpacks for distribution of newspapers are never used because the great variety of backpacks aYailable in the market are not suitable for newspaper distribution~ ~Lthough backpacks offer the newspapers within greater protectLOn from rain, the courier would have to remove the backpack from his shoulders each time he kakes out a newspaper for distribution as access to the newspapers is via the top. Both these types of bags and backpacks are not practical for couriers doing distribution of newspapersO
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plastic sheets and ropes are used -to protect the newspapers, wind and rain is almost certain to wet the newspapers. Even newspaper couriers wearing raincoa-ts and carrying sling bags are bound to get the newspapers partially wet in rain and wind unless it is in extreme caution or under shelter.
Also, most couriers, because of the time spend in moving to and from their cart to retrieve the newspapers, usually leave the newspapers outside the doors of houses. This is because otherwise they will have to fold the newspapers 2 or 3 times in order to slot it through the standard 2 inch letter slots. As a result of these two factors, during wet weather, some households ~et newspapers which are water damaged and this can be most annoying.
There is no known portable newspaper dispensing device available to newspaper couriers which allows them to comfortably carry a sufficiently large quantity of newspapers whilst they are either on foot or cycling and which gives the newspapers maximum protection from rain and wind and which encourages them to slot the newspapers into the letter slots of residences.
It is desirable to have a backpack which can ! ' take in about 30 folded newspapers ln which the newspapers can be easily felt with one hand and pulled out from the bottom of the backpack without having to open the top of the backpack in order to get quick access to the newspapers thus saving much time and where the newspapers within are protected from rain, wind and snow and where the pack is not heavy for school-going children who often do newspaper courier work and where the pack also allows drivers to see the couriers clearly during hours o~ darkness and where the n~wspaper dispensing pack also doubles up as an inexpensive but durable multi-purpose or school backpack, and where the excess newspapers which a courier is ~ ra=~
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can be stored in containers which can easily be inserted into the backpacks, thus further reducing dis-tribution time.
The present invention consists a water-re~istant back-pack to contain a plastic con-tainer. It will be appreciated that the size of this backpack and container can be accordingly made to contain the desired number of newspapers and other large-scale paper products such as telephone directories etc. The outer part of the backpack has pockets and luminous strips to enable vehicles to detect and avoid them during hours of darkness. At the base of the backpack and on one side is an opening which partly exposes the folded newspapers which are stored inside a container in the backpack. This lightweight plastic container with an angled base and an opening similarly located at its base and side can contain 2~ -to 33-pre-folded newspapers and slides easily in and out of backpack. All of the newspapers allocated to a courier can be pre-folded and stored in such additlonal containers in order to save time in distribution.
Newspapers with its flyers inside are folded 2 to 3 times so that it appears approximately 12 inches by 4.5 inches by 1.5 to 1.75 inches thick. This size is also suitable to be slotted lnto the mail slots of residences. The folded newspapers are fastened with cheaply available elastic bands, which are then stacked in the container atop each other. The base of the container is angled at 30 degrees to facilitate easy extraction of the lower-most newspaper which will be partly exposed at the opening. The outer surfaces of both the base and the side each has a groove and tongue plate to allow adjustment of the size of the openin~. Once this newspaper is pulled out of the container and the backpack, the ne~t one atop it now fal:Ls to the lower-most position and this continues until all of the newspapers are dispensed out of the container. The container inside the backpack is then replaced with another pre-filled one or the empty one , ~
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, ~........... . ............. . _ ., . . _ . _ _ _ , refilled with folded newspapers.The container also comes witha plastic sheet at its top in the event additional containers with pre-~olded newspapers are used and which may be left on the cart exposed to wet and windy weather. When the Portable Newspaper Dispensing Pack is no-t needed for the purpose it is designed, it can be easily converted to a multi-purpose backpack or a school pack by merely removin~
the container and closing up -the opening by zippin~ up the flap inside of the pack. This feature is incorporated in apprecia-tion o~ the fact that most newspaper couriers are part-timers or temporary workers or school-going children who may not be in a position to invest money for something which only has a limited use.
The invention, as exemplified by the preferred embodiment, is described with reference to the drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a general view of the embodiment o~ the Portable Newspaper Dispensing Pack ; and Fig. 2 shows the insertion of the con-tainer and the folded newspapers into the backpack ; and Fig. 3 shows the conversion of the device into a multi purpose backpack or schoolpack ; and ; Fig. 4 shows a the Portable Newspaper Dispensing Pack with additional containers in use by a courier.
Referring to the Fi~. ~, the device invented comprises two main parts: the backpack with a partial opening at the side and base with a flap to close it if need be, and a container with a similar opening to fit into the backpack.
2 is the main pack where the interior measurement is 21 0 inches high, 5.5 inches wide and 12.75 inches broad and it comes with two adjustable padded shoulder straps, ~ and a handle 6 to lift the pack. It must be appreciated that this size and height may vary to accommodate a dif~erent number of newspapers and other :arge-scale distllbuting paper products _ `` 2~99~
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such as telephone directories etc. The pack comes with luminous strips 8 at the sides and face of the pack. A small pouch 10 at one side of the pack provides storage space for the needed elastic bands. The pack comes with a top cover 12 to prevent rain from getting into the pack. 14 is a -transparent 4 inch by 2 inch plastic jacket for the insertion of a name card and 16 are two female plastic clips to close and secure the pack. 18 is a 0.5 inch diameter nylon ring for holding a rolled sheet of paper, namely the address distribution sheet. 20 is a partial opening at the side of the pack which is 3 inches high x 5.5 inches wide. 22 is a partial opening at the base of the pack which is 3 inch x 5.5 inches wide. 24 is an outer flap just above the opening which can be flapped down to close the opening -to prevent the partly exposed newspaper from getting wet during inclement weather, but still allowing the newspaper to be pulled out.
25 is the lowex-most newspaper placed in the container. 26 is the inner flap which is wide and long enough to completely cover up the opening if required and use the pack as an ordinary multi-purpose backpack. This flap is bordered with a æip at its edge, 28 to easily close up the opening. 30 is a 2 inch diameter nylon ring sewn to the base of the pack for insertion of the left thumb to provide leverage in the event the newspaper 25 is difficult to pull out. 32 is a big pouch or pocket with a zip 34 for storage purposes. 36 are the male plastic clips which latch onto the female clips 16 to secure the top cover to the pack. 38 is a semi-circular pouch with a welcro-tipped cover to contain a regular-sized can of drink. 40 is a plastic container of 3 mn- thickness and measuring 21 inch high, 5.5 inches broad and 12.75 inch wide on the outside and with a 3 inch high x 5.5 inch wide opening at the side and base. It has two apertures at its top to facilitate easy insertion and withdrawal into and out of the -~ 2g~99~0 ~ _ _ _ ~ , elastic band are stacked atop each other in the container which is then inserted into the pack. Thus inserted, the lower-most newspaper 25, is partly exposed at the opening but does not come out of the opening unless pulled out. Once this newspaper is pulled out, the next newspaper on top of it takes it place due to the law of gravity. The 21 inch high container can accommodate 28 to 33 newspapers and the whole device with its contents weighs not more than 7.5 kilograms.
Referring to Fig 2, at the lower part of the diagram is the pack, 2, shown with its top cover 12 opened with the two male clips, 16. ~ are the padded shoulder straps and 8 are the luminous reflector strips. 10 is the small pouch with a welcro-tipped cover to store elastic bands. 18 is the nylon ring to hold the rolled distribution sheet and 20 and 22 are the openings at the side and base of the pack which can be zipped close. 24 is the outer flap to cover the opening in case of rain and 26 is the inner flap with a zip 28 to ~ompletely cover the opening when the pack is to be used as a normal backpack. 30 is the 2 inch diameter nylon ring to balance the pack in the event there is some force required to pull the partly exposed newspaper out. 32 is the large pouch with the zip 34, primarily for use ~hen the pack is used as an ordinary backpack or school pack. 36 are the male clips to secure the top cover with the fema]es. 38 is the semi-circled pouch with a welcro-tipped cover to contain a can of drink.
At the ceIltre of the diagram is the container ~0 which is 21 inches high,5.5 inches broad and 12.75 inches wide when measured from the outside. It is 2 to 4 mm thick. It must be appreciated that the si~e and height of this container and the pack may be varied to accommodate a different number of newspapers or types of large-scale paper products such as telephone direct~ories, etc. The container is made of light, durable and inexpensive white or yellow coloured plastic to make it more conspicuous in darkness. About one inch from the 2~99~
~ . ltop of the container, two apertures ~2, at alternate corners allow the container to be easily carried, inserted or taken out of the pack. The top of the container has a plastic sheet cover 44 with two eyelets 46 which can be secured to two button-like protrusions 48 of the container. The purpose of this sheet is to p~otect newspapers contain therein from wind and water damage in the event the containers are left exposed in such weather. At near edges of the broader sides of the container are two grooves 50 which runs the length of these sides. At one of the narrower sides of the container, 52, there is an opening 54 at the bottom measuring 3 inch high by 5.25 inch broad. A plastic plate, 56, measuring 5.5 inches wide and 5 inches high and with two tongues 58 at its edges fit into the grooves and can be moved up and down to ad~ust the size~of the opening at this side. The base, 60 is inclined at an angle of 30 de~rees 62 at its highest point and has a T - shaped groove 64 at its centre outer surface.
It also has a 3 inch long opening 66 at one side. The purpose o~ the 30 degree inclination 62 is to allow the ~0 stacked newspapers to slide easily out of the opening when it is pulled. 68 is a plastic plate 5 inches long with a T-shaped tongue which fits into the T-shaped groove by sliding.
! ~imilar to the plate at the side, this plate is also used to adjust the size of the opening at the base. 25 are standard newspapers of various sizes available everywhere. The longer newspapers are folded 3 times and the smaller ones twice in order to give a rough measurement of 12.5 inch x 5 inch by 1~5 inch. These are then secured with an elastic band 27 and then inserted into the container. Approximately 28 to 33 newspapers can be fitted into the container. The whole container, 40, is then inserted lnto the backpack 2.
Referring to Fig 3,it can be seen that the Portable Newspaper Distributing Pack can be easily converted to a normal multi-purpose backpack or school pack. In order to 2~9~
_ __ _ _ _ ~_do this,the container is ~irst removed. This exposes the ~lap 26 and its zip 28 from the inside of the pack. By zipping up the ~lap, the side and bottom openings 20 and 22 are completely closed. The device can now be used as a normal pack.
Referring to Fig 4 , when the backpack 2 is carried a-t the back of a person, with both shoulder straps 4 ~i-tted snugly. The name card 13 of the courier is inserted in-to the name card jacket 14 for identification purposes. The newspaper distribution sheet ~7 is rolled and securely placed into the nylon ring 18. It will be seen from the diagram -that the right hand 23 of the courier can easily reach and feel the exposed part of the lower-most newspaper 25 and pull it out of the Newspaper Dispensing Pack. When that newspaper is pulled out of the pack, the law of gravi-ty brings the next newspaper in line at the opening. The 30 de~ree inclination at the base of the container inside the pack helps the easy extraction of the newspaper. In the unlikely event that the newspaper is difficult to pull out, the courier inserts his left thumb, 29 into the nylon ring 30 and uses it for leverage. During distribution in hot weather, a can of drink can be conveniently placed at the drink pouch 38 where an angled straw can reach the mou-th of the courier. As each courier is allocated about 200 newspapers to distribute, besides filling the container in the pack, the excess newspapers can be folded and pre-filled in additional con-tainers 72 in a cart 74 or car. These additional containers . further cuts distribution time and the newspapers therein is kept dry by the plastic sheet covering the top of the container. The Portable Newspaper Dispensing Pack, with about 30 newspapers in it, weighs approximately 7.5 kilograms which can be quite comfortably carried even by a secondary school going child and it saves much time when papers are required to be delivered to individual residences in a given spread of 9 ~
area where the maln means of doing the ~ob is by walking. If it showers or rains whilst -the courier is dis-tribu-ting, the newspapers in the water-resistant pack will not get wet.
Even the partially exposed lower-most newspaper can be is protected by covering the opening with the outer flap 24, still enabling the newspaper to be pulled out.
When the device is used, if saves time, encourages the newspaper courier to insert the newspapers into the letter slots and adds comfort to the courier. It also does away with the inconvenience associated in doing this job in inclement weather and at the same time better ensures that newspapers are delivered to customers with minimum wa-ter damage.
Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described and illus-trated, the present invention is not limited to the features of this embodiment, but includes all : -variations and modifications within the scope of the claims.
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The presen-t invention ~enerally relates ~o a backpack, and ~re particularly is concerned with a device with a capability of dispensing newspapers from a backpack ~uickly ~Ind minimisiny the newspapers from water damage whilst the courier is either on foot or cycling in any weather and in which the pack can be easily converted to a reglllar-use backpack.
Various types of bags are known for storing newspapers for distribution. These range from small sling bags to larger ones made of cloth, canvass or jute and other like materials which can contain up to about 15 - 20 newspapers, including flyers therein. The present bags available in the market to newspaper couriers allow only a small number of newspapers to be carried at one time and they are almost certain to gek partially wet in wet weather even if the newspapers are covered with plastic sheets. The bigger bags which can contain about 15-20 newspapers are o$ten difficult for child couriers to balance even when slung. Because of the number that can be carried each time, the courier has to make more trips to hi~ car or cart to refill the bag. As the sling bag is c~mbersome, many couriers prefer to carry a few newspapers in their hand and distribute them to the houses in an allocated local:it~. Backpacks for distribution of newspapers are never used because the great variety of backpacks aYailable in the market are not suitable for newspaper distribution~ ~Lthough backpacks offer the newspapers within greater protectLOn from rain, the courier would have to remove the backpack from his shoulders each time he kakes out a newspaper for distribution as access to the newspapers is via the top. Both these types of bags and backpacks are not practical for couriers doing distribution of newspapersO
~ 20991~(t . .. .. ._ _ . . . .. .... _ Couriers face a real problem durin~ rain and wind, as even i~
plastic sheets and ropes are used -to protect the newspapers, wind and rain is almost certain to wet the newspapers. Even newspaper couriers wearing raincoa-ts and carrying sling bags are bound to get the newspapers partially wet in rain and wind unless it is in extreme caution or under shelter.
Also, most couriers, because of the time spend in moving to and from their cart to retrieve the newspapers, usually leave the newspapers outside the doors of houses. This is because otherwise they will have to fold the newspapers 2 or 3 times in order to slot it through the standard 2 inch letter slots. As a result of these two factors, during wet weather, some households ~et newspapers which are water damaged and this can be most annoying.
There is no known portable newspaper dispensing device available to newspaper couriers which allows them to comfortably carry a sufficiently large quantity of newspapers whilst they are either on foot or cycling and which gives the newspapers maximum protection from rain and wind and which encourages them to slot the newspapers into the letter slots of residences.
It is desirable to have a backpack which can ! ' take in about 30 folded newspapers ln which the newspapers can be easily felt with one hand and pulled out from the bottom of the backpack without having to open the top of the backpack in order to get quick access to the newspapers thus saving much time and where the newspapers within are protected from rain, wind and snow and where the pack is not heavy for school-going children who often do newspaper courier work and where the pack also allows drivers to see the couriers clearly during hours o~ darkness and where the n~wspaper dispensing pack also doubles up as an inexpensive but durable multi-purpose or school backpack, and where the excess newspapers which a courier is ~ ra=~
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can be stored in containers which can easily be inserted into the backpacks, thus further reducing dis-tribution time.
The present invention consists a water-re~istant back-pack to contain a plastic con-tainer. It will be appreciated that the size of this backpack and container can be accordingly made to contain the desired number of newspapers and other large-scale paper products such as telephone directories etc. The outer part of the backpack has pockets and luminous strips to enable vehicles to detect and avoid them during hours of darkness. At the base of the backpack and on one side is an opening which partly exposes the folded newspapers which are stored inside a container in the backpack. This lightweight plastic container with an angled base and an opening similarly located at its base and side can contain 2~ -to 33-pre-folded newspapers and slides easily in and out of backpack. All of the newspapers allocated to a courier can be pre-folded and stored in such additlonal containers in order to save time in distribution.
Newspapers with its flyers inside are folded 2 to 3 times so that it appears approximately 12 inches by 4.5 inches by 1.5 to 1.75 inches thick. This size is also suitable to be slotted lnto the mail slots of residences. The folded newspapers are fastened with cheaply available elastic bands, which are then stacked in the container atop each other. The base of the container is angled at 30 degrees to facilitate easy extraction of the lower-most newspaper which will be partly exposed at the opening. The outer surfaces of both the base and the side each has a groove and tongue plate to allow adjustment of the size of the openin~. Once this newspaper is pulled out of the container and the backpack, the ne~t one atop it now fal:Ls to the lower-most position and this continues until all of the newspapers are dispensed out of the container. The container inside the backpack is then replaced with another pre-filled one or the empty one , ~
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, ~........... . ............. . _ ., . . _ . _ _ _ , refilled with folded newspapers.The container also comes witha plastic sheet at its top in the event additional containers with pre-~olded newspapers are used and which may be left on the cart exposed to wet and windy weather. When the Portable Newspaper Dispensing Pack is no-t needed for the purpose it is designed, it can be easily converted to a multi-purpose backpack or a school pack by merely removin~
the container and closing up -the opening by zippin~ up the flap inside of the pack. This feature is incorporated in apprecia-tion o~ the fact that most newspaper couriers are part-timers or temporary workers or school-going children who may not be in a position to invest money for something which only has a limited use.
The invention, as exemplified by the preferred embodiment, is described with reference to the drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a general view of the embodiment o~ the Portable Newspaper Dispensing Pack ; and Fig. 2 shows the insertion of the con-tainer and the folded newspapers into the backpack ; and Fig. 3 shows the conversion of the device into a multi purpose backpack or schoolpack ; and ; Fig. 4 shows a the Portable Newspaper Dispensing Pack with additional containers in use by a courier.
Referring to the Fi~. ~, the device invented comprises two main parts: the backpack with a partial opening at the side and base with a flap to close it if need be, and a container with a similar opening to fit into the backpack.
2 is the main pack where the interior measurement is 21 0 inches high, 5.5 inches wide and 12.75 inches broad and it comes with two adjustable padded shoulder straps, ~ and a handle 6 to lift the pack. It must be appreciated that this size and height may vary to accommodate a dif~erent number of newspapers and other :arge-scale distllbuting paper products _ `` 2~99~
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such as telephone directories etc. The pack comes with luminous strips 8 at the sides and face of the pack. A small pouch 10 at one side of the pack provides storage space for the needed elastic bands. The pack comes with a top cover 12 to prevent rain from getting into the pack. 14 is a -transparent 4 inch by 2 inch plastic jacket for the insertion of a name card and 16 are two female plastic clips to close and secure the pack. 18 is a 0.5 inch diameter nylon ring for holding a rolled sheet of paper, namely the address distribution sheet. 20 is a partial opening at the side of the pack which is 3 inches high x 5.5 inches wide. 22 is a partial opening at the base of the pack which is 3 inch x 5.5 inches wide. 24 is an outer flap just above the opening which can be flapped down to close the opening -to prevent the partly exposed newspaper from getting wet during inclement weather, but still allowing the newspaper to be pulled out.
25 is the lowex-most newspaper placed in the container. 26 is the inner flap which is wide and long enough to completely cover up the opening if required and use the pack as an ordinary multi-purpose backpack. This flap is bordered with a æip at its edge, 28 to easily close up the opening. 30 is a 2 inch diameter nylon ring sewn to the base of the pack for insertion of the left thumb to provide leverage in the event the newspaper 25 is difficult to pull out. 32 is a big pouch or pocket with a zip 34 for storage purposes. 36 are the male plastic clips which latch onto the female clips 16 to secure the top cover to the pack. 38 is a semi-circular pouch with a welcro-tipped cover to contain a regular-sized can of drink. 40 is a plastic container of 3 mn- thickness and measuring 21 inch high, 5.5 inches broad and 12.75 inch wide on the outside and with a 3 inch high x 5.5 inch wide opening at the side and base. It has two apertures at its top to facilitate easy insertion and withdrawal into and out of the -~ 2g~99~0 ~ _ _ _ ~ , elastic band are stacked atop each other in the container which is then inserted into the pack. Thus inserted, the lower-most newspaper 25, is partly exposed at the opening but does not come out of the opening unless pulled out. Once this newspaper is pulled out, the next newspaper on top of it takes it place due to the law of gravity. The 21 inch high container can accommodate 28 to 33 newspapers and the whole device with its contents weighs not more than 7.5 kilograms.
Referring to Fig 2, at the lower part of the diagram is the pack, 2, shown with its top cover 12 opened with the two male clips, 16. ~ are the padded shoulder straps and 8 are the luminous reflector strips. 10 is the small pouch with a welcro-tipped cover to store elastic bands. 18 is the nylon ring to hold the rolled distribution sheet and 20 and 22 are the openings at the side and base of the pack which can be zipped close. 24 is the outer flap to cover the opening in case of rain and 26 is the inner flap with a zip 28 to ~ompletely cover the opening when the pack is to be used as a normal backpack. 30 is the 2 inch diameter nylon ring to balance the pack in the event there is some force required to pull the partly exposed newspaper out. 32 is the large pouch with the zip 34, primarily for use ~hen the pack is used as an ordinary backpack or school pack. 36 are the male clips to secure the top cover with the fema]es. 38 is the semi-circled pouch with a welcro-tipped cover to contain a can of drink.
At the ceIltre of the diagram is the container ~0 which is 21 inches high,5.5 inches broad and 12.75 inches wide when measured from the outside. It is 2 to 4 mm thick. It must be appreciated that the si~e and height of this container and the pack may be varied to accommodate a different number of newspapers or types of large-scale paper products such as telephone direct~ories, etc. The container is made of light, durable and inexpensive white or yellow coloured plastic to make it more conspicuous in darkness. About one inch from the 2~99~
~ . ltop of the container, two apertures ~2, at alternate corners allow the container to be easily carried, inserted or taken out of the pack. The top of the container has a plastic sheet cover 44 with two eyelets 46 which can be secured to two button-like protrusions 48 of the container. The purpose of this sheet is to p~otect newspapers contain therein from wind and water damage in the event the containers are left exposed in such weather. At near edges of the broader sides of the container are two grooves 50 which runs the length of these sides. At one of the narrower sides of the container, 52, there is an opening 54 at the bottom measuring 3 inch high by 5.25 inch broad. A plastic plate, 56, measuring 5.5 inches wide and 5 inches high and with two tongues 58 at its edges fit into the grooves and can be moved up and down to ad~ust the size~of the opening at this side. The base, 60 is inclined at an angle of 30 de~rees 62 at its highest point and has a T - shaped groove 64 at its centre outer surface.
It also has a 3 inch long opening 66 at one side. The purpose o~ the 30 degree inclination 62 is to allow the ~0 stacked newspapers to slide easily out of the opening when it is pulled. 68 is a plastic plate 5 inches long with a T-shaped tongue which fits into the T-shaped groove by sliding.
! ~imilar to the plate at the side, this plate is also used to adjust the size of the opening at the base. 25 are standard newspapers of various sizes available everywhere. The longer newspapers are folded 3 times and the smaller ones twice in order to give a rough measurement of 12.5 inch x 5 inch by 1~5 inch. These are then secured with an elastic band 27 and then inserted into the container. Approximately 28 to 33 newspapers can be fitted into the container. The whole container, 40, is then inserted lnto the backpack 2.
Referring to Fig 3,it can be seen that the Portable Newspaper Distributing Pack can be easily converted to a normal multi-purpose backpack or school pack. In order to 2~9~
_ __ _ _ _ ~_do this,the container is ~irst removed. This exposes the ~lap 26 and its zip 28 from the inside of the pack. By zipping up the ~lap, the side and bottom openings 20 and 22 are completely closed. The device can now be used as a normal pack.
Referring to Fig 4 , when the backpack 2 is carried a-t the back of a person, with both shoulder straps 4 ~i-tted snugly. The name card 13 of the courier is inserted in-to the name card jacket 14 for identification purposes. The newspaper distribution sheet ~7 is rolled and securely placed into the nylon ring 18. It will be seen from the diagram -that the right hand 23 of the courier can easily reach and feel the exposed part of the lower-most newspaper 25 and pull it out of the Newspaper Dispensing Pack. When that newspaper is pulled out of the pack, the law of gravi-ty brings the next newspaper in line at the opening. The 30 de~ree inclination at the base of the container inside the pack helps the easy extraction of the newspaper. In the unlikely event that the newspaper is difficult to pull out, the courier inserts his left thumb, 29 into the nylon ring 30 and uses it for leverage. During distribution in hot weather, a can of drink can be conveniently placed at the drink pouch 38 where an angled straw can reach the mou-th of the courier. As each courier is allocated about 200 newspapers to distribute, besides filling the container in the pack, the excess newspapers can be folded and pre-filled in additional con-tainers 72 in a cart 74 or car. These additional containers . further cuts distribution time and the newspapers therein is kept dry by the plastic sheet covering the top of the container. The Portable Newspaper Dispensing Pack, with about 30 newspapers in it, weighs approximately 7.5 kilograms which can be quite comfortably carried even by a secondary school going child and it saves much time when papers are required to be delivered to individual residences in a given spread of 9 ~
area where the maln means of doing the ~ob is by walking. If it showers or rains whilst -the courier is dis-tribu-ting, the newspapers in the water-resistant pack will not get wet.
Even the partially exposed lower-most newspaper can be is protected by covering the opening with the outer flap 24, still enabling the newspaper to be pulled out.
When the device is used, if saves time, encourages the newspaper courier to insert the newspapers into the letter slots and adds comfort to the courier. It also does away with the inconvenience associated in doing this job in inclement weather and at the same time better ensures that newspapers are delivered to customers with minimum wa-ter damage.
Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described and illus-trated, the present invention is not limited to the features of this embodiment, but includes all : -variations and modifications within the scope of the claims.
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Claims (15)
1. A device used as a portable newspaper dispensing device which is water-resistant and capable of carrying 28 to 33 folded newspapers, comprising:
a box-like containing means which has two elongated apertures near its top for carrying purposes and with a plastic sheet at the top and where this means measures 21 inches high by 12.5 inches long and 5.5 inches broad with a 3 inch opening at one side and the base and where the base is angled at 30° to allow the newspapers therein to slip out easily when pulled and where two tongue and groove plates at both the openings allow the openings to be adjusted to the desired size.
a nylon water-resistant backpack with internal size measuring the same as the box-like container and with a similar size opening at the side and base and where the pack has a zipped flap at the inside of the opening which can be zipped to completely close the opening and use the pack as a normal backpack or school pack and where an outer flap just above the side opening can be flapped down to protect the opening from rain getting into it and where luminous strips makes the pack conspicuous at night and where pouches at the pack allow storage of personal items including a plastic transparent jacket for insertion of a name card.
a box-like containing means which has two elongated apertures near its top for carrying purposes and with a plastic sheet at the top and where this means measures 21 inches high by 12.5 inches long and 5.5 inches broad with a 3 inch opening at one side and the base and where the base is angled at 30° to allow the newspapers therein to slip out easily when pulled and where two tongue and groove plates at both the openings allow the openings to be adjusted to the desired size.
a nylon water-resistant backpack with internal size measuring the same as the box-like container and with a similar size opening at the side and base and where the pack has a zipped flap at the inside of the opening which can be zipped to completely close the opening and use the pack as a normal backpack or school pack and where an outer flap just above the side opening can be flapped down to protect the opening from rain getting into it and where luminous strips makes the pack conspicuous at night and where pouches at the pack allow storage of personal items including a plastic transparent jacket for insertion of a name card.
2. A device as claimed in Claim 1, where about 28 to 33 folded newspapers including its flyers can be stacked and stored into the said box-like containing means.
3. A device as claimed in Claim 1 where the openings at the base and one side are 3 inches high by 5.5 inches broad and where two tongue and groove plates allow the openings to be adjusted to its desired size.
4. A device as claimed in Claim 1 where the base of the box-like containing means is angled at 30° at its highest point to allow the lower-most folded newspaper to slide out easily when pulled from the opening.
5. A device as claimed in Claim 1 where two elongated apertures located at alternate sides at the top of the box-like containing means allow the means to be carried about, inserted and withdrawn from the backpack.
6. A device as claimed in Claim 1, where the plastic sheet with two eyelets allow the contents in the open-top box-like containing means to be protected from rain, wind and snow when this box-like containing means is left exposed.
7. A device as claimed in Claim 2 and claim 5 which allows the box-like containing means with its contents to be easily inserted into the backpack as claimed in Claim 1.
8. A device, as claimed in Claim 1, where the 3 inch long openings at the base of the pack has a zipped flap which can be zipped up to completely close the opening and use the pack as a normal backpack or school pack by removing the box-like containing means.
9. A device as claimed in Claim 1, where the outside flap just above the side opening can be flapped down to protect the partly exposed lower-most newspaper from rain.
10. A device as claimed in Claim 1, where the nylon pouches can be used to store elastic bands and other personal items.
11. A device as claimed in Claim 1, where three luminous strips adhered to the sides and face of the pack makes the pack conspicuous at night when the lights of vehicles are shone on them.
12. A device, as claimed in Claim 1 where a 2 inch nylon ring sewn to the opposite side of the opening allows the courier to insert his left thumb and use it for leverage should it be difficult to pull the lower-most newspaper out of the opening.
13. A device as claimed in Claim 1 where additional box-like containing means can be used to store excess newspapers and be protected from the weather by closing the plastic sheet at the top.
14. A device, as claimed in Claim 1 and 13 where much time is saved in distribution of newspapers by using additional box-like containing means to fold and store most of the allocated newspapers given to a courier.
15. A Portable Newspaper Dispensing Pack comprising:
A plastic open-top box-like containing means capable of storing 28 to 33 folded and stacked newspapers where an opening at its base and one side allows the lower-most newspaper to be pulled out from this opening and where the openings can be adjusted by means of tongue and groove plates and where an angled inclination at the base of the containing means helps easier extraction of the lower-most newspaper and where two elongated apertures at alternate sides near its top allows the box-like containing means to be carried about, inserted and withdrawn out of the pack and where a sheet of plastic at its top protects its contents even when the containing means is left exposed outdoors and where this box-like containing means is inserted into a specially made pack which has a similar opening at its base and one side and whereupon when the box-like containing means is inserted, part of the lower-most newspaper is exposed out of the opening of the pack but does not come out of the pack unless it is pulled and where in the event of rain this partly exposed newspaper is further protected from rain by closing the outer flap down and where pouches on the pack allow the storage of elastic bands and other personal items and where in the event the courier finds it that it is necessary to tuck the newspaper out of the pack, the left thumb inserted into a the ring opposite the opening provides the leverage for this and where luminous strips on the sides and face of the Portable Newspaper Dispensing Pack allow vehicles to spot it at night and where a name card jacket on the pack allows a name card to be inserted for identification purposes and whereupon when the device with its contents weighs not more than 7.5 kilograms which is comfortable and light enough even for older school-going children doing the distribution either on foot or on a bicycle and where the distribution time with this device is cut by half the time it presently takes to distribute newspapers with existing means and methods and where additional box-like containing means carried on a cart can further reduce the time and ensure large amounts of newspapers can be distributed quicker and with minimum water damage.
A plastic open-top box-like containing means capable of storing 28 to 33 folded and stacked newspapers where an opening at its base and one side allows the lower-most newspaper to be pulled out from this opening and where the openings can be adjusted by means of tongue and groove plates and where an angled inclination at the base of the containing means helps easier extraction of the lower-most newspaper and where two elongated apertures at alternate sides near its top allows the box-like containing means to be carried about, inserted and withdrawn out of the pack and where a sheet of plastic at its top protects its contents even when the containing means is left exposed outdoors and where this box-like containing means is inserted into a specially made pack which has a similar opening at its base and one side and whereupon when the box-like containing means is inserted, part of the lower-most newspaper is exposed out of the opening of the pack but does not come out of the pack unless it is pulled and where in the event of rain this partly exposed newspaper is further protected from rain by closing the outer flap down and where pouches on the pack allow the storage of elastic bands and other personal items and where in the event the courier finds it that it is necessary to tuck the newspaper out of the pack, the left thumb inserted into a the ring opposite the opening provides the leverage for this and where luminous strips on the sides and face of the Portable Newspaper Dispensing Pack allow vehicles to spot it at night and where a name card jacket on the pack allows a name card to be inserted for identification purposes and whereupon when the device with its contents weighs not more than 7.5 kilograms which is comfortable and light enough even for older school-going children doing the distribution either on foot or on a bicycle and where the distribution time with this device is cut by half the time it presently takes to distribute newspapers with existing means and methods and where additional box-like containing means carried on a cart can further reduce the time and ensure large amounts of newspapers can be distributed quicker and with minimum water damage.
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