JP2010051704A - Home delivery box - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a home delivery box which is easily set when going out, and hard to be destroyed after it is set. <P>SOLUTION: The bar-like member 41 of a connection member 40 is vertically arranged at the horizontal part 43b of an "L"-shaped attachment member 43 fixed to a lower end part approximately at the center in the horizontal direction of a rear side part 31c of a storage box 30 which stores a home delivered parcel. Meanwhile, the annular member 42 of the connection member 40 is fixed to the connection part 23 of a "C"-shaped engagement member 40. When the home delivery box 1 is set, the annular member 42 integrated with an engagement member 20 is inserted from the upper part of the bar-like member 41 and lowered downward, and the engagement member 20 is engaged from the open end side toward the base end side of an entrance door with respect to a gap between the lower end of an opened entrance door and the floor surface. Since the locking part 22 of the engagement member 20 is caught inside the entrance door when the entrance door is closed, the locking part is not allowed to be removed from the home delivered parcel from the outside. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a delivery box which is set at a front door in the absence of a resident and for a delivery company to store delivery items.

  When a delivery company delivers a delivery to a housing complex such as a detached house, a condominium, or an apartment, for example, if the resident is absent, the delivery is often taken home and delivered again. In such a case, it is a loss of time and labor for the home delivery company, and particularly when the delivery destination is a high-rise apartment or the like, the loss becomes great. On the other hand, for the resident, the delivery time is delayed because the delivery can be received only after delivery again.

  A delivery box for solving such a problem is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. This home delivery box is set outside the entrance door when the resident goes out. In order to lock the delivery box with a wire with a dial key, and to prevent the delivery box itself from being taken away, the wire with the dial key and the entrance door are connected with another wire.

  The courier company is informed of the number for unlocking the dial key in advance, and the courier company stores the courier in the delivery box after unlocking with the number, and then the delivery box is equipped with a dial key. The wire with the dial key and the entrance door are connected with another wire.

When the resident returns home, he removes another wire from the front door, unlocks the wire with the dial key, opens the delivery box, and takes out the delivery item.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-42721

  However, according to the delivery box of the cited document 1, there is a problem that setting of the delivery box when going out by the resident and taking out the delivery item when returning home are complicated and time-consuming. That is, the resident needs to wrap a wire with a dial key around the delivery box when going out, and to connect the delivery box and the entrance door with another wire. On the other hand, when returning home, it is necessary to unlock the wire with the dial key and remove another wire.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a delivery box that can be easily set in a front door when going out and take out a delivery product when returning home and can be performed in a short time.

  The invention according to claim 1 relates to a delivery box which is set at a front door by a resident when going out and a delivery item is stored by a delivery company. The delivery box according to the present invention includes an engagement member that can be engaged with and disengaged from a lower end portion of a front door that is opened and closed on the front end side with respect to the opening and closing center on the base end side facing in the vertical direction, A storage box that is disposed outside the front door in a state and stores a delivery item; and a connecting member having one end connected to the engaging member and the other end connected to the storage box. The engaging member is disposed in a gap formed between a lower end edge of the entrance door in the closed state and a floor surface, and a communication portion is arranged to communicate the inside and outside of the entrance door; Among the communication portions, the erection portion is erected on an inner end portion located on the inner side of the entrance door, and is engaged with an inner surface of the entrance door when the engagement member is to be pulled out from the outside of the entrance door. Combined with the locking portion for preventing the engagement member from being pulled out, and the communication A connecting portion that is provided at an outer end located outside the entrance door and to which the one end portion of the connecting member is connected, and when the engaging member is set on the entrance door. The communication portion is inserted into the gap of the entrance door in an open state from the open end side of the entrance door toward the base end side, and the locking portion is disposed inside the entrance door, After the connecting portion is disposed outside the entrance door, the entrance door is closed.

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the delivery box according to claim 1, the connection member flexibly connects the engagement member and the storage box so that the relative height can be changed.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the delivery box according to the second aspect, the engaging member is formed such that the communication portion is formed in a plate shape, and the locking portion is located on the inner end side of the communication portion. It is characterized by being formed by bending upward.

  The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that, in the delivery box according to claim 3, the connecting portion is formed by bending the outer end side of the communicating portion upward.

  The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that in the delivery box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, the connecting member is formed of a wire-like member or a chain-like member.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the delivery box according to the fifth aspect, the connecting member includes an annular member fixed to the connecting portion and having a central axis facing substantially the vertical direction, and a vertical direction on the back side of the storage box. The lower end side is fixed to the storage box, and the annular member is inserted and removed from above.

  The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that, in the delivery box according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the storage box is lockable.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the delivery box can be easily set by engaging the engaging member with the lower end of the entrance door and placing the storage box at the entrance. After setting, the engaging member cannot be pulled out from the outside of the entrance door. Therefore, the storage box connected to the engaging member via the connecting member is not taken away. Further, when the resident is absent, the delivery company can put the delivery item in the storage box, so there is no need to perform delivery again. In addition, for the resident, the delivery can be received quickly.

  According to invention of Claim 2, since a connection member connects an engagement member and a storage box flexibly so that mutual height position can be changed, the lower vicinity of the entrance door by which an engagement member is arranged, Even when there is a step between the entrance where the storage box is disposed, the delivery box can be set without any trouble.

  According to invention of Claim 3, a latching | locking part can be easily formed in the inner end part of a plate-shaped communication part.

  According to invention of Claim 4, a connection part can be easily formed in the outer end part of a communicating part.

  According to the invention of claim 5, the engaging member and the storage box can be easily and flexibly connected by the wire-like member or the chain-like member.

  According to the invention of claim 6, unnecessary movement of the storage box after setting can be restricted and limited to the one centered on the annular member. Therefore, the entrance door in the state where the storage box is set Opening and closing can be performed smoothly.

  According to the invention of claim 7, since the storage box can be locked, there is no possibility that the goods delivered to the storage box will be stolen.

Hereinafter, the best embodiment of a delivery box according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, in each drawing, the member etc. which attached | subjected the same code | symbol are the same structures, The duplication description about these shall be abbreviate | omitted suitably. Moreover, in each drawing, members and the like that are not necessary for the description are omitted as appropriate.
<Embodiment 1>

  With reference to FIGS. 1-4, the delivery box 1 which concerns on Embodiment 1 is demonstrated. Among these, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the entire delivery box 1 as viewed from the upper left side on the back (rear) side. 2A is a front (front) view of the delivery box 1, FIG. 2B is a top view, and FIG. 2C is a right side view. However, the lock is omitted in (b) and (c). FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating how the engaging member 20 is set on the front door 10. FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of use of the delivery box 1 when there is no step on the floor surface F, and FIG. 4B is a diagram when the floor surface F has a step.

  As shown in these drawings, the delivery box 1 is, for example, a front door (an entrance door disposed at a closed position (P1)) using an entrance door 10 of an apartment house such as a detached house or a condominium or an apartment. 10). Here, as the entrance door 10 to which the delivery box 1 is applied, as shown in FIG. 3, a general entrance door 10 with a single opening, that is, a base end side (one long side) 11 facing in the vertical direction. The front door 10 whose front end side (open end side) 12 is opened and closed with reference to the open / close center C is suitable. The entrance door 10 is formed in a vertically-long rectangular plate shape, and one long side (base end side 11) is swingably supported by a hinge (not shown). The entrance door 10 is provided with a door knob (not shown) at the height of the person's hand on the other long side (free end side 12). By turning this door knob from the inside of the entrance, When the free end side 12 is pushed outward, it swings with reference to the hinge and can be arranged at the open position P2. The entrance door 10 in the open state can be swung and placed at the closed position P1 by pulling the door knob from the inside or by pushing the door knob from the outside. The entrance door 10 is formed with a gap G (see FIG. 2B) between the lower end portion 13 and the floor surface F in which a communication portion 21 of the engaging member 20 described later can be inserted. ing.

  The delivery box 1 includes an engaging member 20, a storage box 30, and a connecting member 40. As will be described later, the engaging member 20 is engaged with the lower end portion 13 of the entrance door 10 to store the storage box. 30 is disposed at the entrance, and the connecting member 40 connects the engaging member 20 and the storage box 30.

  The engaging member 20 is configured by a plate-like member having a “U” cross section. The engaging member 20 has a communication portion 21, a locking portion 22, and a connecting portion 23 each formed in a rectangular shape, and is formed in a “U” cross section. The communication portion 21 is inserted into a gap G (hereinafter referred to as “the door lower gap”) G formed between the lower end portion 13 of the entrance door 10 and the floor surface F. A locking portion 22 is erected on the inner end 21 a (one end side) of the communication portion 21, and a connecting portion 23 is erected on the outer end portion 21 b (the other end side). As shown in FIG. 2 (c), the locking part 22 and the connecting part 23 are arranged so as to face each other, and the distance x between them is set slightly larger than the thickness T of the entrance door 10. Has been. The engaging member 20 is connected to the locking portion 22 by, for example, bending one end and the other end of the metal plate whose plate thickness is thinner than the above-mentioned door lower gap G upward by approximately 90 degrees. The part 23 and the communication part 21 that connects them can be formed.

  The engagement member 20 is engaged with the lower end portion 13 of the opened front door 10 disposed at the open position P2 so as to slide from the free end side 12 toward the base end side 11. This point will be described later.

  An annular member 41 constituting a part of the connecting member 40 is fixed to the connecting portion 23 of the engaging member 20. The annular member 41 will be described later when the connecting member 40 is described.

  The storage box 30 is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape as shown in FIGS. The storage box 30 includes a box main body 31, a lid member 32, and a plurality of (four) casters 33.

  The box body 31 has a rectangular bottom portion 31a and four side portions formed upright from four sides of the bottom portion, that is, a front side portion 31b, a rear side portion 31c, a right side portion 31d, and a left side portion 31e. In addition, a rectangular opening (not shown) is opened upward at the upper ends of these side portions. The lid member 32 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and a rear side portion thereof is swingably supported by a hinge 34 fixed to the upper end side of the box body 31, and as shown in FIG. 2 (c). The closed position P3 for closing the opening and the open position P4 for opening the opening (the two-dot chain line in FIG. 2C) are taken. On the front surface of the lid member 32 and the front surface of the box main body 31, lock attachment plates 35a and 35b are provided so as to protrude substantially horizontally at the center in the left-right direction. The lock mounting plates 35a and 35b are provided with through holes 35c, and the hooks 36a of the lock 36 are inserted therein. By disposing the lid member 32 at the closed position P3 and locking the through holes 35c of the lock mounting plates 35a and 35b through the hooks 36a, the opening of the lid member 32 can be prohibited, and conversely, the keys 36b are unlocked. By doing so, the lid member 32 can be opened. Casters 33 are attached to the four corners on the lower surface of the bottom 31a of the box body 31, respectively.

  The connecting member 40 includes a rod-like member 41 attached to the storage box 30 side and an annular member 42 attached to the engaging member 20 side. The rod-shaped member 41 is erected on an attachment member 43 fixed to the rear side portion of the storage box 30. The attachment member 43 is formed in an “L” shape, and the upper end side of the vertical portion 43 a is fixed to the lower end portion of the rear side portion 31 c of the box body 31 in the substantially center in the left-right direction. The horizontal portion 43b is formed to extend rearward from the lower end of the vertical portion 43a. The attachment member 43 is reinforced by a reinforcing member 44. The above-described horizontal portion 43b is disposed at a position slightly higher than the lower end of the above-mentioned caster 33 so that when the storage box 30 is moved using the caster 33, it is not rubbed against the floor surface F. It has become. Furthermore, the upper surface of the horizontal portion 43b is disposed at a position lower than the lower end of the annular member 42 on the engagement member 20 side described later. On the upper surface of the horizontal portion 43b, a rod-like member 41 is erected upward. As will be described later, the rod-like member 41 is inserted into the annular member 42 from below and is set to a length that does not come out of the annular member 42 when the delivery box 1 is set as a whole.

  The annular member 42 is fixed to the connecting portion 23 of the engaging member 20. The annular member 42 is formed in an annular shape in which a cross-sectional shape when cut by a plane orthogonal to the circumferential direction is a rectangle, that is, a donut is crushed. The annular member 42 is fixed to the front surface of the connecting portion 23 and protrudes horizontally toward the front. That is, the circular space formed inside the annular member 42 is arranged so as to be horizontal. The inner diameter of the annular member 42 is set to be larger than the outer diameter of the above-described rod-shaped member 41, and the rod-shaped member 41 can be inserted into the annular member 42 from below. The height position of the annular member 42 is set so that the portion located at the lower end thereof is higher than the upper surface of the horizontal portion 43b.

  The delivery box 1 having the above configuration is very easy to set, and even when there is a step on the floor surface F in the vicinity of the entrance, it can be easily set without any trouble.

  The resident sets the delivery box 1 when going out.

  First, the storage box 30 is put out to the front of the door and positioned so that the rod-like member 41 is located in the vicinity of the front door 10. The engaging member 20 is held in such a posture that the communicating portion 21 is positioned below, and the annular member 42 integrated with the engaging member 20 is fitted from the upper end side of the rod-like member 41 and gradually lowered to engage the engaging member. 20 is placed so that the communication part 21 contacts the floor surface F. As shown in FIG. 3, the front door 10 is opened, and the engaging member 20 is moved together with the storage box 30, so that the engaging member 20 is at the free end 12 of the lower end portion 13 of the opened front door 10. Try to be in the vicinity.

  The engagement member 20 is slid from the free end side 12 side to the base end side 11 of the lower end portion 13 of the entrance door 10 so that the communication portion 21 is inserted into the door lower gap G. Thereby, the latching | locking part 22 is located inside the entrance door 10, and the connection part 23 is located outside the entrance door 10. FIG. If the entrance door 10 is closed and moved to the closed position P2 from this state and locked to the entrance door 10, the setting of the delivery box 1 is completed.

  Here, the storage box 30 may be locked when the resident sets the delivery box 1, and after the set, the delivery company puts the delivery item into the storage box 30. May be. In either case, the resident and the home delivery company own the same key 36b. A number lock that can be unlocked by combining a plurality of numbers may be used. It is also possible not to lock. However, in this case, it is preferable to lock the door, because there is a possibility that unnecessary items may be put in the storage box 30 or the delivery items stored by the delivery company may be unjustly taken away.

  According to the present embodiment, as described above, when the delivery box 1 is set, the annular member 42 integrated with the engaging member 20 is fitted to the rod-like member 41, and then the engaging member 20 is attached to the lower end portion 13 of the entrance door 10. The home delivery box 1 can be set by a simple operation such as engaging with.

  Further, since the connecting member 40 is constituted by an annular member 42 and a rod-like member 41 that can be engaged and disengaged with each other, the engaging member 20 and the storage box 30 can be moved relative to each other in the vertical direction. For example, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), even when the floor F of the front door has floor surfaces F1 and F2 having different heights and there are steps, the engaging member 20 and the storage box 30 are respectively It can arrange | position on the floor surfaces F1 and F2 from which height differs, and can respond without trouble.

  Further, when the resident returns home, the entrance door 10 in which the delivery box 1 is set is opened, but the storage box 1 is engaged through the annular member 42 engaged with the rod-like member 41. Since the caster 33 is provided in the storage box 30 and connected to the combined member 20, the storage box 30 moves following the opening operation of the entrance door 10 well and does not hinder the opening operation.

  According to this embodiment, since the connecting member 40 is formed by the rod-like member 41 and the annular member 42, the storage box 30 in the set state can be disposed in the vicinity of the front door 10 in the closed state. Is hidden behind the storage box 30 and is difficult to see from the outside (not easily noticeable), so it is not possible to know the state in which the storage box 30 is set from the outside, and therefore may be destroyed. Is low. Further, even if the rear of the storage box 30 is looked into from the outside and the structure of the connecting member 40 is known, the gap between the rear side portion 31c of the storage box 30 and the front door 10 in the closed state may be narrowed. Therefore, the possibility that the connecting member 40 is broken by inserting a tool or the like into the gap is also low. Further, when the connecting member 40 is disposed at the lower end side in the horizontal center of the rear side portion 31c with respect to the storage box 30, that is, when trying to access the connecting member 40 from the outside in order to destroy it. Since it is arranged at a position farthest from the upper surface and the left and right side surfaces of the storage box 30, it is difficult to be destroyed by this.

In the above description, the engagement member 20 is formed by bending a plate-like member into a cross-sectional “U” shape having the communication portion 21, the locking portion 22, and the connection portion 23. For example, the inner end portion 21a (see FIG. 1) of the communication portion 21 is extended inward, and a rod-like locking portion or a block-like locking portion is erected on the extended portion. Good. In other words, the locking portion 21 has an inner surface of the entrance door 10 so that the engagement member 20 cannot be pulled out from the outside of the entrance door 10 in a state where the engagement member 20 is engaged with the entrance door 10 in the closed state. The shape and the like can be arbitrary as long as they are locked to each other. Further, in the above description, the connecting portion 23 is liquid-controlled so as to stand vertically to the outer end portion 21b of the communication portion 21. It may be formed. That is, the connection part 23 can be made into an arbitrary shape as long as the annular member 42 can be held at a predetermined position (higher than the horizontal part 43b of the attachment member 43). The annular member 42 may have another shape, for example, a donut shape.
<Embodiment 2>

  FIG. 5 shows a delivery box according to the second embodiment. In the present embodiment, the connecting member 40 </ b> A is configured by a plan body such as a wire member or a chain member, and the engaging member 20 and the storage box 30 are connected by the connecting member 40 </ b> A. That is, the connecting portion 23 a is extended from the outer end portion 21 b of the engaging member 20, one end portion 40 a of the connecting portion 40 A is connected to the connecting portion 23 a, and the other end portion of the connecting member 40 A is connected to the horizontal portion 43 b of the mounting member 43. Connecting. Further, as for the length of the connecting member 40A, for example, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), even if the heights of the floor surfaces F1 and F2 are different, an appropriate length margin is provided so as to cope with this. Keep it. Thereby, the engaging member 20 and the storage box 30 can be flexibly connected, and the engaging member 20 and the storage box 30 are relatively movable in the vertical direction. Even if there is a step, it can be handled without any problem.

It is the perspective view which looked at the delivery box 1 whole from the diagonally left upper side on the back (rear surface) side. (A) is the front (front) figure of the delivery box 1, (b) is a top view, (c) is a left view. However, the lock is omitted in (b) and (c). It is a figure explaining how the engaging member 20 is set to the entrance door 10. FIG. (A) is a figure explaining the usage example of the delivery box 1 when there is no level | step difference in the floor surface F, and (b) is when the level difference is in the floor surface F. It is a figure explaining the connection member 40A of the delivery box of Embodiment 2. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Delivery box 10 Entrance door 11 Base end side 12 Free end side (open end side)
13 Lower end portion 20 Engaging member 21 Communication portion 21a Inner end portion 21b Outer end portion 22 Locking portion 23 Connecting portion 30 Storage box 31 Box body 32 Cover member 33 Casters 36 Locks 40, 40A
Connecting member 41 Rod-shaped member 42 Annular member 43 Mounting member 43a Vertical portion 43b Horizontal portion G Door lower gap (gap)

Claims (7)

In the delivery box that is set at the front door by the resident when going out and the delivery items are stored by the courier,
An engagement member that can be engaged and disengaged with respect to the lower end portion of the front door that is opened and closed on the basis of the open / close center on the base end side facing the vertical direction,
A storage box that is disposed outside the entrance door in a closed state, and stores a delivery item;
A connecting member having one end connected to the engaging member and the other end connected to the storage box;
The engaging member is
A communicating portion arranged to communicate the inside and outside of the entrance door in a gap formed between a lower end edge of the entrance door and the floor surface in the closed state;
Among the communication portions, the erection portion is erected on an inner end portion located on the inner side of the entrance door. In combination, a locking portion that prohibits the withdrawal of the engaging member;
A connecting portion that is provided at an outer end located outside the entrance door, and is connected to the one end of the connecting member, of the communicating portion;
When the engagement member is set on the entrance door, the communication portion is inserted into the gap of the entrance door in the open state from the open end side to the base end side of the entrance door. A stop is disposed inside the entrance door, and after the connecting portion is disposed outside the entrance door, the entrance door is closed.
A delivery box characterized by that. The connecting member connects the engaging member and the storage box flexibly so that the relative height can be changed.
The delivery box according to claim 1, wherein In the engaging member, the communication portion is formed in a plate shape, and the locking portion is formed by bending the inner end side of the communication portion upward.
The delivery box according to claim 2, wherein: The connecting portion is formed by bending the outer end side of the communicating portion upward.
The delivery box according to claim 3. The connecting member is formed of a wire member or a chain member,
The delivery box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The connecting member is arranged in an up-down direction on the back side of the storage box, and an annular member fixed to the connecting portion and having a central axis facing a substantially vertical direction, and a lower end side is fixed to the storage box. The annular member is configured by a rod-shaped member that is inserted and removed from above.
The delivery box according to claim 5, wherein: The storage box is lockable;
The delivery box according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that:

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