JP3246915U - Assembled delivery box - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a knock-down delivery box that reduces the amount of bending required when removing parcels from a storage section, thereby reducing the burden on the lower back of delivery personnel and residents, thereby reducing the frequency of lower back pain when using the delivery box.
[Solution] The knock-down delivery box 10 is a raised-floor type with the support posts 13A-13D at the four corners of the storage section 11 each having a height of 10 cm-50 cm, which reduces the amount of bending that delivery personnel and residents must do when putting packages in and taking them out of the storage section 11, thereby reducing the strain on their lower back. As a result, the occurrence of lower back pain when using the knock-down delivery box 10 is reduced.
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Description

Application for exception to loss of novelty has been filed

This invention relates to a prefabricated delivery box that allows residents to receive parcels even when they are not at home.

In recent years, the use of online shopping and food delivery services has increased, leading to a surge in demand for personal delivery lockers that allow people to receive parcels even when they are not at home. These delivery lockers are generally purchased by users over the Internet or at large retail stores and assembled at home.

Conventionally, a knock-down delivery box for personal use has a rectangular box-shaped storage section as its main body with a side-opening door hinged to the front, and four support pillars are arranged at the four corners of the underside of this storage section.
Since knockdown delivery boxes for personal use are smaller than the large delivery boxes for apartment buildings, the posts are short and less than 8 cm in height in order to increase stability.

Design Registration No. 1752173

However, conventional knock-down delivery boxes had short support posts of 8 cm or less, which meant that when delivery personnel placed packages in the storage compartment and when residents removed packages from the storage compartment, they had to bend forward significantly, which could lead to back pain. This problem occurred more frequently the larger and heavier the packages were.

After extensive research, the inventor discovered that if the prefabricated delivery box was made to have an elevated platform by raising one to four pillars located at the bottom of the storage area, delivery personnel and residents would bend less when loading and unloading packages from the storage area, reducing the frequency of back pain for each individual, and thus completing the present invention.

This invention was made in consideration of these problems, and aims to provide a knock-down delivery box that reduces the amount of bending required when removing packages from the storage area, easing the strain on the lower back of delivery personnel and residents, and reducing the incidence of lower back pain when using the delivery box.

The invention described in claim 1 is a knock-down delivery box that has a rectangular box-shaped storage section with a door pivoted on the front and one to four support posts arranged at the bottom of the storage section, characterized in that the height of each support post is 10 cm to 50 cm and is of a raised floor type.

The door and the storage section may be made of various metals such as steel and stainless steel.
The size of the door and storage section may be any size as long as they are capable of receiving and storing parcels to be delivered.
The pillars can be made of various metals such as steel or stainless steel, such as square or round pillars. Thinner pillars can reduce weight and cost. The resulting loss in strength can be compensated for by connecting adjacent pillars with a horizontally long reinforcing frame.
The number of pillars may be one, or two to four.

If the height of the support pillar is less than 10 cm, the height of the support pillar is insufficient and the burden on the back of the delivery person or resident when retrieving the parcel from the storage unit cannot be sufficiently reduced. Also, if it exceeds 50 cm, the height of the storage unit becomes too high and the stability of the parcel locker decreases.
The preferred height of the support pillar is 20 cm to 30 cm. This range can sufficiently reduce the strain on the lower back of the delivery person or resident when removing packages from the storage unit, and also ensures the stability of the knock-down delivery box.

The invention described in claim 2 is the knockdown delivery box described in claim 1, characterized in that a mailbox section is provided on the top of the storage section.

Here, "a mailbox is provided on the top of the storage section" may mean (1) a separate mailbox is connected to the top surface of the storage section, or (2) the upper part of the internal space of the storage section is partitioned and a mailbox is provided therein. In the case of (2), the mail insertion slot is formed on the upper part of the front wall or side wall of the storage section, and the knockdown delivery box with a mailbox is compact, allowing the packaging size to be reduced when shipped from the factory.
The mailbox can be made of a variety of metals, such as steel and stainless steel.
The structure of the mailbox may be, for example, such that a mail insertion slot is formed on the upper front surface, and a mail removal slot with an opening/closing lid is formed on the lower front surface or on the upper surface thereof.

The mailbox may have any shape as long as it is box-shaped.
The size of the mailbox can be arbitrary as long as it can store mail.
The mailbox may be inseparably connected to the storage unit, or may be detachably connected with a screw, etc. If the mailbox is detachable in this way, it can be used in a location separate from the knock-down delivery box.

The invention described in claim 3 is an assembly-type delivery box characterized in that the pillars are arranged at the lower corners of the storage section, and of the four pillars, the lower ends of the left front pillar and the right front pillar are connected to each other by a front reinforcing frame, and the lower ends of the left rear pillar and the right rear pillar are connected to each other by a rear reinforcing frame, and both side portions of the middle part in the longitudinal direction of the front reinforcing frame and the rear reinforcing frame are fixed to the installation surface of the delivery box via a pair of anchor members on the left and right.

The materials for the front and rear reinforcing frames can be various metals such as steel and stainless steel, the same as those for the pillars.
The front reinforcing frame and the rear reinforcing frame may have any shape, for example, a flat plate, a square bar, a round bar, a round pipe, a square pipe, an angle, etc.
The type of the anchor member is arbitrary, and may be, for example, various anchor bolts, various anchor piles, etc.

According to the knock-down delivery box described in claim 1 of the present invention, the height of one to four pillars arranged at the bottom of the storage section is 10 cm to 50 cm, making it a raised floor type. This reduces the amount of bending that delivery personnel and residents have to do when putting packages in and taking them out of the storage section, reducing the burden on their lower backs, thereby preventing the occurrence of lower back pain when using the knock-down delivery box.

In particular, according to the invention described in claim 2, a mailbox is provided above the storage section, so that not only parcels delivered to the home but also mail can be received when the resident is not at home.

According to the invention described in claim 3, of the four pillars that form the legs of the knockdown delivery box, the lower ends of the left front pillar and the right front pillar are connected by a front reinforcing frame, while the lower ends of the left rear pillar and the right rear pillar are reinforced by a rear reinforcing frame. This increases the strength of the pillars compared to when the four pillars are independent and not connected to each other.

When fixing the box to the installation surface, the front and rear reinforcing frames are fixed to the installation surface at both ends of their longitudinal middle sections using a pair of anchor members on each side.
When using the knockdown delivery box, parcels are put in and taken out through the open front opening of the storage compartment.

At this time, the heavier the luggage, the greater the frictional resistance it faces; when the luggage is checked in and stored (when stored), it is pushed toward the back on the bottom plate of the storage section, but when the luggage is removed, it is pulled forward.
Therefore, even if the prefabricated delivery box has its posts fixed to the installation surface by anchor members, if it is used for many years, external forces in the forward and backward directions will act on the prefabricated delivery box as packages are loaded and unloaded, which could gradually loosen the anchor members that secure the posts to the installation surface, causing the box to become loose.

However, in the present invention, both sides of the middle portion of the length of the front and rear reinforcement frames, especially both sides of the middle portion of the length of the front reinforcement frame, are fixed to the installation surface via anchor members, thereby effectively suppressing this rattling.
In particular, when large and heavy packages are put into and taken out of the storage compartment through the front opening, the front end of the bottom plate is the part that bears the most weight, as the package is likely to come into contact with it first. In this device, the front reinforcing frame is disposed directly below this front end, and this front reinforcing frame is fixed to the installation surface by a pair of anchor members on the left and right, so that the large weight can be released to the installation surface via the front reinforcing frame and each anchor member. This further reduces the rattling of the knock-down delivery box.

1 is a perspective view of a knock-down delivery box according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a door and a mail lid that constitute part of a knockdown delivery box according to a first embodiment of the present invention are open. FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a main portion showing the operation of hanging a wire to a hanging fitting constituting a part of the knockdown delivery box according to the first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of a zero-return lock that constitutes part of the prefabricated delivery box according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an enlarged oblique view of a main portion of a knock-down delivery box according to a first embodiment of the present invention, showing the state in which the front and rear reinforcing frames, which constitute part of the knock-down delivery box, are fixed to the installation surface by four anchor members. FIG.

The following is a detailed explanation of an example of this invention.

In FIG. 1, 10 is a knock-down delivery box according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This knock-down delivery box 10 has a rectangular box-shaped storage section 11 with a door pivoted on the front, a mailbox section 12 connected to the top of the storage section 11, and four support posts 13A-13D arranged at the bottom corners of the storage section 11.

These components will now be described in detail.
As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the storage section 11 is a long steel box 10 with a height of 55 cm, width of 40 cm, and depth of 38 cm. A pair of left and right corners on the upper rear surface are provided with fastening fittings 15 for wires 14 for fastening the knockdown delivery box 10 to a front door or the like for theft prevention purposes (see Figure 3).

A front opening (baggage loading/unloading opening) 16 for loading and unloading luggage is formed over substantially the entire front area of the storage section 11. A steel single-leaf door 17 is hinged to the right edge of the front opening 16.
A zero-return lock 18, which is a type of combination lock, is provided at the tip of the door 17 (see FIG. 4). The zero-return lock 18 is a key that has the function of automatically setting the PIN number (dials) of a four-digit dial 19 to "0" after unlocking.

In addition, a magnetic seal holder 20 is detachably attached to the back surface of the door 17 (see FIG. 2). Depending on the delivery company, a seal 21 of the resident can be stored in the seal holder 20, since the delivery company may request the seal of the delivery destination to be affixed to the delivery slip.
Furthermore, for example, a magnetic sheet 22 showing instructions for the delivery person on how to use the knock-down delivery box 10 may be magnetically attached to the surface of the door 17 (see FIG. 1).

The mailbox 12 is a small, horizontally elongated steel box having a height of 31 cm, a width of 40 cm and a depth of 38 cm.
A mail insertion opening 23 with a visor is formed at the upper front surface of the mailbox 12. Meanwhile, a horizontally long rectangular mail removal opening 24 for removing mail is formed at the lower front surface of the mailbox 12. A stainless steel mail cover 25 is hinged to the lower edge of the mail removal opening 24 so as to be freely rotatable in the vertical direction.

A knob 26 protrudes from the center of the surface of the upper end of the mail cover 25. A magnet 27 is fixed to the back surface of the upper left end of the mail cover 25 to magnetically maintain the mail cover 25 in the closed state after being rotated upward (see FIG. 2).
In addition, at the upper right corners of the mail removal opening 24 and the mail lid 25, a pair of upper and lower tongue plates 28 with holes are supported in a cantilevered position facing each other so that the mail lid 25 can be locked in the closed state using a padlock (not shown).

Four elongated pillars 13A to 13D, each having a height H of 24 cm, are provided at each corner of the bottom plate of the storage section 11.
If necessary, a screw-type adjuster a is attached to the lower end of each of the supports 13, which can adjust the height of the corresponding support 13A to 13D.

Among these pillars 13A to 13D, the lower ends of the left front pillar 13A and the right front pillar 13B are connected in advance in the factory by a front reinforcing frame 29A. Similarly, the lower ends of the left rear pillar 13C and the right rear pillar 13D are connected in advance in the factory by a rear reinforcing frame 29B.
Furthermore, a pair of insertion holes 31 for anchor bolts 30 (anchor members) each having a length of 10 cm are formed on both sides of the longitudinal middle portion of the front reinforcing frame 29A and the rear reinforcing frame 29B (see FIG. 5).

Next, a method of using the knock-down delivery box 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The knock-down delivery box 10, which has been packed in a cardboard box and shipped disassembled from a factory, is assembled in advance. That is, the door 17 is hinged to the front opening 16 of the storage section 11, and the mailbox section 12 is attached to the top of the storage section 11. At this time, the mail lid 25 is hinged to the mail outlet 24 of the mailbox section 12.
Thereafter, the pillars 13A to 13D are disposed at the four lower corners of the storage section 11. At this time, the lower ends of the left front pillar 13A and the right front pillar 13B are connected to each other by a front reinforcing frame 29A, while the lower ends of the left rear pillar 13C and the right rear pillar 13D are connected to each other by a rear reinforcing frame 29B.

Next, the assembled knock-down delivery box 10 is installed, for example, at the entrance of a house. When installing, adjusters a are attached to the lower ends of the pillars 13A to 13D as necessary, and the height of the corresponding pillars 13 is adjusted so that the bottom plate of the storage section 11 is horizontal (see FIG. 2).
In addition, when fixing the knockdown type delivery box 10 to the entrance of the house, anchor bolts 30 are inserted into each of the pairs of insertion holes 31 formed on both sides of the middle part of the length of the front reinforcing frame 29A and the rear reinforcing frame 29B, and then the knockdown type delivery box 10 is fixed as specified (see Figure 5).

Specifically, first, the anchor bolt 30 inserted into the insertion hole 31 is lightly struck with a hammer, and then the bolt head is tightened with a wrench to secure the knockdown type delivery box 10 to the entrance of the house. This makes it possible to prevent the knockdown type delivery box 10 from being stolen.
As another anti-theft measure, one end of each of the two wires 14 may be hooked to a pair of hooks 15 arranged at both corners of the upper rear surface of the storage section 11, while the other end of each of the wires 14 may be fixed to the handle of the front door or the like (see Figure 3).

Next, when depositing a package, a delivery person from the delivery company first opens the door 17 of the storage section 11 of the knockdown delivery box 10, places the package in the internal space, and then closes the door. After that, the zero-return lock 18 is operated to lock the door 17 (see FIG. 4).
On the other hand, when taking out luggage, the resident first unlocks the zero-return lock 18 by dialing a plurality of numeric dials 19 according to a preset number, and opens the door 17 of the storage section 11.

In this case, a zero-return lock 18 is used as the key for closing the door, so after unlocking, the four number dials 19 are automatically set to "0." This makes it possible to prevent theft and leakage of the PIN number due to forgetting to change the dial number.
When the seal 21 is needed, the delivery person takes out the seal 21 from the seal holder 20 on the back side of the door 17 and uses it.

When using the mailbox 12, the postman inserts mail into the mailbox through the mail slot 23. The resident then removes the padlock (not shown), opens the mail cover 25, and removes the mail from the mail removal slot 24.

In this way, the knockdown delivery box 10 is a raised floor type with the height H of each support 13 being 24 cm, so the delivery person or resident does not have to bend down as much when putting packages in and taking them out of the storage unit 11, which reduces the burden on the lower back. This reduces the occurrence of lower back pain when using the delivery box 10.
In addition, a mailbox section 12 is provided above the storage section 11, so that not only parcels delivered to the home but also mail can be received when the resident is not at home.

Furthermore, of the four pillars 13A-13D that form the legs of the knockdown delivery box 10, the lower ends of the left front pillar 13A and the right front pillar 13B are connected by a front reinforcing frame 29A, while the lower ends of the left rear pillar 13C and the right rear pillar 13D are reinforced by a rear reinforcing frame 29B. This increases the strength of the pillars 13A-13D compared to when the four pillars 13A-13D are independent.

As described above, when fixing the knockdown delivery box 10 to the installation surface, both sides of the middle part in the longitudinal direction of the front and rear reinforcing frames 29A and 29B are fixed to the installation surface using a pair of anchor bolts 30 on each side.

When the knockdown delivery box 10 is in use, luggage is put in and taken out through the open front opening 16 of the storage section 11. At this time, the heavier the luggage is, the greater the frictional resistance it faces; it is pushed toward the back on the bottom plate 32 of the storage section 11 when the luggage is deposited and stored (when stored), but is pulled forward when the luggage is removed.

As a result, even if the delivery box 10 has pillars 13A-13D fixed to the installation surface by anchor bolts 30, if it is used for a long period of time over many years, external forces will act on the prefabricated delivery box 10 in the forward and backward directions as packages are loaded and unloaded. This could cause the anchor bolts 30 to gradually loosen the fixation of the pillars 13A-13D to the installation surface, resulting in rattling.

However, in this prefabricated delivery box 10, both sides of the middle portion of the length of each of the front and rear reinforcing frames 29A-29B, especially both sides of the middle portion of the length of the front reinforcing frame 29A, are fixed to the installation surface via anchor bolts 30, so this wobble can be effectively suppressed.

In particular, when large, heavy packages are placed in or removed from the storage section 11 through the front opening 16, the part that bears the most weight is the front end of the bottom plate 32, which is the part that the package is likely to come into contact with first. However, because the front reinforcing frame 29A is located directly below this front end and is fixed to the installation surface by a pair of anchor bolts 30 on the left and right, the large weight can be released to the installation surface via the front reinforcing frame 29A and the two corresponding anchor bolts 30. This can further reduce rattling of the knock-down delivery box 10.

It is also possible to connect the front and rear columns 13A, 13C with left and right reinforcing frames (not shown) and connect the left and right reinforcing frames to the installation surface at the front and rear of the longitudinal middle part via two pairs of anchor bolts. However, when loading and unloading heavy luggage, as the luggage slides along the bottom plate 32, the storage section 11 will be shaken significantly in the front-rear direction by external forces.

At this time, all four anchor bolts are spaced a predetermined distance from the tip of the bottom plate 32, which is the starting point of the swing. Therefore, compared to the case where the anchor bolts 30 are arranged at the tip of the bottom plate 32 as in Example 1, the force acting in the pull-out direction of each anchor bolt is greater, making it easier for the anchor bolts to come out.

Of course, this problem would not occur if the four pillars 13A-13D were connected by front, rear, left, and right reinforcing frames, respectively. However, this configuration is not desirable because it increases the number of parts, leading to higher costs, makes assembling the knock-down delivery box 10 more tedious, and increases the amount of work time required.

This idea is useful as a technology for a prefabricated delivery box that allows residents to receive parcels even when they are not at home.

10 Delivery box 11 Storage section 12 Mailbox section 13A Left front support 13B Right front support 13C Left rear support 13D Right rear support 17 Door 29A Front reinforcing frame 29B Rear reinforcing frame a Anchor bolt (anchor member)

Claims (3)

A rectangular box-shaped storage section with a door pivoted on the front side;
A knockdown delivery box having one to four pillars arranged at the bottom of the storage section,
The assembly-type delivery box is characterized in that the height of each of the support pillars is 10 cm to 50 cm. The knock-down delivery box according to claim 1, characterized in that a mailbox is provided on top of the storage section. The support pillars are disposed at the lower corners of the storage section, one at each,
Among the four pillars, the lower ends of the left front pillar and the right front pillar are connected to each other by a front reinforcing frame, and the lower ends of the left rear pillar and the right rear pillar are connected to each other by a rear reinforcing frame,
This assembly-type delivery box is characterized in that both side portions of the front and rear reinforcing frames in the middle of their respective longitudinal directions are fixed to the installation surface of the delivery box via a pair of anchor members on the left and right.

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