JP2012116325A - Carrying box - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a carrying box for facilitating loading of articles to be transported.SOLUTION: The carrying box 10 comprises a bottom surface 11, a front door 12, lateral side-faces 13a, 13b, a rear surface 14, and an upper-surface lid 15. The lateral side-faces 13a, 13b and the rear surface 14 are erected and fixed to the rectangular bottom surface 11. The front door 12 is turnably mounted to the bottom surface 11 so as to allow the side face of a container case to be openable. A rolling bar 20 is turnably mounted to the front-door 12 side of the bottom surface 11. The upper-surface lid 15 is turnably mounted to the upper end side of the rear surface 14. The upper-surface lid 15 covers the upper surface opened by the erected front door 12, lateral side-faces 13a, 13b, and rear surface 14.

Description

  The present invention relates to a carry box that is attached to a carrier such as a two-wheeled vehicle and carries a transported article.

  When transporting goods such as luggage or mail, delivery may be performed using a motorcycle. In this case, a carry box attached to the loading platform of the motorcycle may be used (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In the technique described in this document, the carry box includes a hinge mechanism that allows the lid to stand up with respect to the box body, and an adapter that can slide steplessly. As a result, it is possible to maintain the vertically opened state of the lid while traveling, and to allow the lid to be gently closed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-244813 (first page, FIG. 1)

  Also, there are cases where a transported item is put in a container case and stored in the carry box together with the container case, as in postal delivery. In postal delivery, postal items are sequentially taken out from the container case stored in such a carry box and delivered. However, since the carry box described in Patent Document 1 can be opened only on the upper surface, it is necessary to lift the container case to the upper surface of the carry box when the container case is stored in the carry box. In particular, container cases containing many mail items are heavy, and loading of container cases has been a burden.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a carry box for easily loading transported goods.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the invention according to claim 1 is mounted on a loading platform of a two-wheeled vehicle and accommodates a transported article. A carry box having an upstanding side surface, provided with a side door for opening a part of the side surface, and a sliding mechanism for sliding an object inserted from the side door into the interior Is the gist.

The gist of the invention described in claim 2 is the carry box according to claim 1, wherein the sliding mechanism is provided at an end portion of the bottom surface portion on the side door side.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the carry box according to the first or second aspect, an upper surface lid that opens the upper surface is further provided, and the interior is locked by maintaining a state in which the upper surface lid and the door are joined. The gist is that a locking mechanism is provided.

The invention according to claim 4 is the carry box according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the side door is attached to the bottom surface by a rotating mechanism, and the side door stands upright. And a holding member that allows the door to rotate.
The gist of a fifth aspect of the present invention is the carry box according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the sliding mechanism is a rotatable rolling bar.

(Function)
According to the present invention, there is provided a carry box including a bottom surface portion that is mounted on a two-wheeler carrier and accommodates a transported article and is attached to the two-wheeler carrier and a side surface that is raised from the bottom surface. Thus, a side door for opening a part of the side surface and a sliding mechanism for sliding an object inserted from the side door into the inside are provided. For this reason, since the container case in which the transported goods are accommodated can be loaded from the side surface of the carry box, it is not necessary to lift up to the upper surface of the carry box, and the loading work can be reduced. Furthermore, since the sliding mechanism is provided on the bottom surface, the container case to be stored can be easily stored inside, and the loading operation can be further reduced.

  According to this invention, the sliding mechanism was provided in the edge part by the side door side of the said bottom face part. For this reason, a container case can be easily accommodated immediately after inserting a container case from an opening part.

  According to the present invention, an upper surface lid that opens the upper surface is further provided, and a lock mechanism that locks the inside by holding the state where the upper surface lid and the door are joined is provided. Therefore, by opening the upper surface with the upper surface lid, only the contents (delivery items) in the container case accommodated in the carry box can be taken out. In addition, the carry box can be efficiently sealed by the lock mechanism that locks the inside by holding the state where the top cover and the door are joined.

  According to the present invention, the side door is attached to the bottom surface by a rotation mechanism, and a holding member that holds the side door standing and allows the door to rotate is provided. For this reason, when the top cover is opened, the door can be left in an upright state, and the door can be easily opened.

  According to the present invention, the sliding mechanism is a rotatable rolling bar. For this reason, the sliding mechanism which slides the thing inserted from the door to the inside of a carry box by simple structure can be provided.

  According to the present invention, a transported item can be easily loaded into a carry box.

It is a perspective view explaining the structure of the carry box of this embodiment, (a) is the state which closed the upper surface cover and the front door, (b) shows the state which opened the upper surface cover and the front door. The side view which shows the state which attached the carry box of this embodiment to the loading platform. The perspective view which shows the state which open | released the upper surface when taking out the mail to deliver from the carry box of this embodiment. It is explanatory drawing for accommodating a container case in the carry box of this embodiment, (a) is the state which closed the carry box, (b)-(c) is the state which opened the carry box, (d)-( e) shows a state of storing the container case.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment embodying the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a carry box 10 for storing and transporting a container case containing mail items in delivery of mail items will be described.

(Overall shape of carry box 10)
As shown in FIG. 1A, the carry box 10 has a substantially hexahedron shape, and is configured to have a size that can accommodate therein a container case 60 (see FIG. 3) that accommodates mail to be delivered. ing.

  In the carry box 10, the container case 60 is stored from the side surface (this side surface is referred to as the front surface). Therefore, the carry box 10 includes a bottom surface portion 11, a front door 12, lateral side surface portions 13 a and 13 b, a back surface portion 14, and an upper surface lid 15. The bottom surface portion 11 has a substantially rectangular shape. On both short sides of the bottom surface portion 11, the lateral side surface portions 13a and 13b are fixed in an upright state. On one long side of the bottom surface portion 11, the back surface portion 14 is fixed in an upright state. A side door (front door 12) for opening the side surface of the container case 60 is rotatably attached to the front surface side of the bottom surface portion 11. In the carry box 10 of the present embodiment, the height of the back surface portion 14 is higher than the height of the front door 12, and the lateral side surface portions 13a and 13b have trapezoidal shapes with the height as the upper base and the lower base, respectively. It consists of

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1B, the upper surface lid 15 is rotatably attached to the upper end side of the back surface portion 14. The upper surface lid 15 is attached so as to be able to cover the upper surface surrounded by the standing front door 12, the lateral side surface portions 13a and 13b, and the back surface portion 14. Furthermore, the front end portion 15 a of the upper surface lid 15 is bent, and is flush with the standing front door 12 when the upper surface lid 15 covers the upper surface of the carry box 10. Further, when the front door 12 stands up and the upper surface lid 15 covers the upper surface, the front door 12 and the upper surface lid 15 are configured to be joined to the lateral side surface portions 13a and 13b.

(Detailed configuration of carry box 10)
Hereinafter, each component (the bottom face part 11, the front door 12, the lateral side face parts 13a and 13b, the back face part 14, and the top cover 15) of the carry box 10 will be described in detail.

  A plurality of fixing members (not shown) are provided on the bottom surface 11 of the carry box 10. These fixing members are used to fix the carry box 10 to a motorcycle loading platform. Furthermore, as shown in FIG.1 (b), the rolling bar 20 is attached to the bottom face part 11 on the upper surface inside the front door 12 so that rotation is possible. The rolling bar 20 is configured by a columnar member that is longer than the length of the long side of the container case 60 housed in the carry box 10.

  The front door 12 is rotatably attached to the bottom surface portion 11 via a hinged door attachment member 22. In the present embodiment, the front door 12 can be rotated about 180 degrees so that it can be hung from the front surface of the carry box 10.

  A lock mechanism portion 25 is provided on the upper portion of the front door 12. The lock mechanism 25 includes a known auto-lock mechanism. An engagement hole (not shown) is opened on the upper surface of the lock mechanism portion 25. An engagement protrusion 41 of the upper surface lid 15 described later is inserted into the engagement hole. In the lock mechanism 25, the engagement protrusion 41 is inserted into the engagement hole and joined, whereby the front door 12 and the upper cover 15 are engaged and the positional relationship between the two is fixed. Further, a key hole for the lock mechanism 25 is provided on the outside of the front door 12. When the key is removed from the keyhole, the lock mechanism 25 fixes the engagement protrusion 41. Further, when the key is inserted into the key hole, the engagement protrusion 41 is allowed to be detached from the engagement hole. Further, fastener members 27 a and 27 b as holding members are provided on the side portions of the upper portion of the front door 12. The fastener members 27a and 27b are provided at positions corresponding to the later-described fastener members 37a and 37b of the lateral side surface portions 13a and 13b, and are configured to be engageable with the fastener members 37a and 37b. Yes.

On the other hand, a storage net 30 is attached to the inner surface of the back surface portion 14. The storage net 30 is used when a transported item (for example, special mail such as registered mail) stored separately from the container case 60 is stored.
Furthermore, a collar 31 is attached to the upper part of the inner surface of the back surface portion 14. The flange 31 is highest at the central portion, and is arranged so as to become lower toward the lateral side surface portions 13a and 13b. The cross section of the flange 31 has a U shape with an open upper surface.

  The lateral side surface portions 13a and 13b have the same configuration symmetrically. On the upper portions of the inner surfaces of the lateral side surface portions 13a and 13b, flanges 35a and 35b are provided. The flanges 35a and 35b are attached so that the back side is high and the front side is low. Furthermore, the edge part of the collar 31 of the back surface part 14 is connected to the edge part of the back surface side of these collars 35a and 35b. Further, the cross-sections of the flanges 35a and 35b are also U-shaped with the upper surface opened.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG.1 (b), the cylindrical vertical rods 36a and 36b are provided in the inner surface of the horizontal side surface parts 13a and 13b by the front side. Front ends of the flanges 35a and 35b are connected to the upper portions of the vertical flanges 36a and 36b.

  Furthermore, fastener members 37a and 37b as holding members are provided on the inner surfaces of the lateral side surface portions 13a and 13b. The fastener members 37a and 37b and the fastener members 27a and 27b of the front door 12 constitute a known push-open latch mechanism. In the present embodiment, this latch mechanism is used as a holding mechanism. Specifically, the fastener members 37a and 37b are engaged with the fastener members 27a and 27b, respectively, so that the state where the front door 12 is raised is maintained. Further, when the front door 12 is pressed to rotate, the fastener members 37a and 37b release the engagement with the fastener members 27a and 27b and allow the front door 12 to rotate. .

On the other hand, the top cover 15 is rotatably attached to the back surface part 14 via a hinge (not shown). In a state where the upper surface lid 15 is closed, the flanges 35a and 35b of the lateral side surface portions 13a and 13b are disposed directly below the edge portion of the upper surface lid 15. Moreover, when opening the upper surface lid | cover 15, the edge part of the upper surface lid | cover 15 moves just above the collars 35a and 35b.
A handle member 42 for opening and closing the upper surface lid 15 is provided on the upper surface on the front side of the upper surface lid 15.

  When opening the upper surface, the upper surface lid 15 connects the distal end side member, the proximal end side member, and these so that it can be folded in parallel to the front surface side (in this embodiment, it is folded in half). It consists of a hinge. The upper surface lid 15 has a rear surface so that the front end portion 15a can be rotated from a position where the front end portion 15a is flush with the front door 12 (see FIG. 1A) to a position where the front end portion 15a stands with respect to the rear surface portion 14 (see FIG. It is attached to the part 14.

  Further, the base end side member of the upper surface lid 15 is provided with a flange 15b whose upper surface is opened. The flange 15b extends from the lateral side surface portion 13a to the lateral side surface portion 13b, and is disposed below the bent portion of the base end portion side member and the distal end portion side member of the upper surface lid 15. That is, both ends of the flange 15b are positioned on the flanges 35a and 35b, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 2, the carry box 10 configured as described above is attached to a loading platform 51 of a motorcycle 50 and mounted on the motorcycle 50. Specifically, the front door 12 is fixed to the loading platform 51 using a fixing material portion of the bottom surface portion 11 of the carry box 10 at a position parallel to the traveling direction of the motorcycle 50. In the carry box 10, a container case 60 is stored as shown in FIG. In the container case 60, mail items delivered by the motorcycle 50 are stored.

  Next, the operation of the rolling bar 20 of the carry box 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The rolling bar 20 is used when the container case 60 is stored in the carry box 10.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the delivery person inserts the key into the key hole of the lock mechanism portion 25 of the carry box 10 and unlocks it. Then, as shown in FIG. 4B, the handle member 42 of the carry box 10 is gripped, and the tip portion 15 a of the upper surface lid 15 is lifted. Next, the handle member 42 of the carry box 10 is pushed back. Thereby, as shown in FIG.4 (c), it will be in the state by which the upper surface was open | released. Next, the upper end of the front door 12 is gripped and pulled forward. In this case, the engagement between the fastener members 27a and 27b of the front door 12 and the fastener members 37a and 37b of the lateral side surface portions 13a and 13b is released, and the front door 12 can be rotated outward. Then, the delivery person rotates the upper surface portion of the front door 12 to open the front surface.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4D, the delivery person lifts the container case 60 in which the mail is stored and places it on the rolling bar 20 of the carry box 10. Then, the container case 60 is pushed into the carry box 10 while being placed on the rolling bar 20. In this case, the rolling bar 20 rotates and the container case 60 is pushed into the carry box 10 so as to slide. Then, as shown in FIG. 4 (e), the container case 60 is accommodated in the carry box 10.

  Then, the front door 12 and the top cover 15 are closed. Specifically, the delivery person lifts and closes the front door 12, and then engages the fastener members 27a and 27b of the front door 12 with the fastener members 37a and 37b of the lateral side surface portions 13a and 13b. Thereby, the front door 12 is fixed in the standing state. And the front-end | tip part 15a of the upper surface lid | cover 15 is pulled back to the front side, and the engaging protrusion 41 of the upper surface lid | cover 15 is inserted in the lock mechanism part 25. FIG. Then, the key is removed from the lock mechanism unit 25. Thereby, the front door 12 and the upper surface lid | cover 15 are fixed, and the carry box 10 is locked.

  When taking out the mail for delivery, it is unlocked by inserting a key into the lock mechanism 25 of the carry box 10. Then, the handle member 42 of the carry box 10 is gripped, the tip portion 15a of the upper surface lid 15 is lifted, and is pushed into the back side. As a result, as shown in FIG. 3, the front door 12 is closed and the upper surface is opened. The delivery person can take out the mail stored in the container case 60 from the upper surface. When the removal is completed, the top cover 15 is pulled to close the top surface, and the key is locked by removing the key from the lock mechanism 25.

According to this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) In the present embodiment, the carry box 10 has a box shape including a bottom surface portion 11 and side surface portions (13a, 13b, 14) standing up with respect to the bottom surface portion 11. The carry box 10 is provided with a front door 12 having a side opening. For this reason, since the container case 60 in which the transported goods are accommodated can be loaded from the side surface of the carry box 10, it is not necessary to lift up to the upper surface of the carry box, and the loading work can be reduced. Furthermore, a rolling bar 20 is provided on the bottom surface 11 on the front side. For this reason, when the container case 60 is pushed into the carry box 10, the rolling bar 20 rotates and the container case 60 is pushed into the carry box 10 so as to slide. Therefore, when the rolling bar 20 rotates, the container case 60 to be stored can be easily stored inside, and the loading operation can be further reduced.

(2) In the present embodiment, the carry box 10 further includes an upper surface lid 15 that opens the upper surface. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 3, by opening the upper surface with the upper surface lid 15, only the contents (delivery items) in the container case 60 accommodated in the carry box 10 can be taken out.

  (3) In the present embodiment, the carry box 10 is provided with a lock mechanism portion 25 that holds the state in which the top cover 15 and the front door 12 are joined. For this reason, the carry box 10 can be efficiently sealed by holding and locking the state in which the top cover 15 and the front door 12 are joined.

  (4) In the present embodiment, the front door 12 of the carry box 10 is provided with the fastener members 27a and 27b, and the fastener members 37a and 37b are provided on the inner surfaces of the corresponding lateral side surface portions 13a and 13b. Is provided. The fastener members 37a and 37b and the fastener members 27a and 27b of the front door 12 constitute a known push-open latch mechanism. For this reason, when the upper surface lid 15 is opened, the front door 12 can be left standing and the front door 12 can be easily opened.

Moreover, you may change the said embodiment as follows.
In the above embodiment, the rolling bar 20 is provided as a sliding mechanism for the carry box 10. The configuration of the sliding mechanism is not limited to this. For example, a mechanism in which a slippery material is attached to the bottom surface portion on the side surface to be opened or a mechanism in which a plurality of spheres are arranged may be used.

  -In the said embodiment, the sliding mechanism of the carry box 10 was provided in the front door 12 side. The location of the sliding mechanism is not limited to this, and the sliding mechanism may be provided at the front door 12 side and at a plurality of locations on the inner side of the front door 12 side. In the latter case, in the direction in which the container case 60 is pushed in, the sliding mechanism contacts at a plurality of insertion positions, so that the container case can be stored more efficiently.

  Furthermore, the attachment location of the rolling bar 20 is not limited to the bottom surface portion 11, and may be attached to the lateral side surface portions 13a and 13b. Also in this case, it is attached so that the rolling bar 20 can rotate.

  In the above embodiment, the front door 12 is provided on one side of the carry box 10. The front door is not limited to one. For example, you may provide an open door also in the back surface part 14 which opposes. In this case, an upper surface lid is rotatably attached to the lateral side surface portion, and a sliding mechanism is further provided in the vicinity of the open door. Thereby, the container case 60 can be loaded on the motorcycle 50 from the side where it is easy to load regardless of the stationary state of the motorcycle 50.

  -In the said embodiment, the front door 12 of the carry box 10 was comprised with the plate-shaped member. The structure of the front door 12 is not limited to this, For example, you may comprise the front door 12 by a bellows or side opening.

In the above embodiment, the top cover 15 is configured to be folded in half. The configuration of the upper surface lid 15 is not limited. For example, the upper surface lid 15 may be configured by a bellows.
In the above embodiment, the carry box 10 is locked by inserting and fixing the engaging protrusion 41 of the top cover 15 into the lock mechanism 25 of the front door 12. The mechanism for locking the carry box 10 is not limited to this. For example, the carry box 10 may be locked by fixing the front door 12 and the upper cover 15 to the lateral side surfaces 13a and 13b, respectively.

In the above embodiment, the carry box 10 is provided with the fastener members 27a, 27b, 37a, and 37b that constitute a known push-open latch mechanism. The structure of the holding member for holding the state where the front door is raised and allowing the front door to rotate is not limited to this. For example, the structure which attaches a magnet to a side surface part, and makes a front door adsorb | suck with this magnet may be sufficient. In this case, a magnet having an attractive force capable of rotating the front door by human force is used.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Carry box, 11 ... Bottom part, 12 ... Front door, 13a, 13b ... Lateral side part, 14 ... Back part, 15 ... Top cover, 20 ... Rolling bar, 25 ... Locking mechanism part, 27a, 27b, 37a, 37b ... Fastener member, 30 ... Storage net, 31, 35a, 35b ... Bag, 36a, 36b ... Vertical hook, 42 ... Handle member, 50 ... Bike, 51 ... Loading platform.

Claims (5)

A carry box having a bottom surface portion that is attached to a two-wheeler carrier and mounted on a two-wheeler carrier to accommodate a cargo, and a side surface that is raised with respect to the bottom surface.
A side door for opening part of the side;
A carry box comprising a sliding mechanism for sliding an object inserted from the side door inward.   The carry box according to claim 1, wherein the sliding mechanism is provided at an end portion of the bottom surface portion on the side door side. An upper surface lid that opens the upper surface is further provided,
The carry box according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a lock mechanism that locks the inside by holding a state in which the top cover and the door are joined. The side door is attached to the bottom surface by a rotating mechanism,
The carry box according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a holding member that holds the side door in a standing state and allows the door to rotate is provided.   The carry box according to claim 1, wherein the sliding mechanism is a rotatable rolling bar.

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