WO1999010255A1 - Nestable mailbox and method - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
- A47G29/00—Supports, holders, or containers for household use, not provided for in groups A47G1/00-A47G27/00 or A47G33/00
- A47G29/12—Mail or newspaper receptacles, e.g. letter-boxes; Openings in doors or the like for delivering mail or newspapers
- A47G29/1209—Rural letter-boxes
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- the present invention relates generally to mailboxes. More particularly, the present invention relates to mailboxes that reduce the amount of packaging material required to ship and store a plurality of mailboxes, thereby also reducing the overall volume of cargo containing such mailboxes, as well as the space required to display the mailboxes in a retail setting.
- Mailboxes are commonly sold in a variety of outlets ranging from craft shops to department stores and home centers . When mailboxes are shipped to a retailer, they are usually boxed individually for display on the retailer's shelf. While mailboxes come in many sizes and shapes, they are often at least twenty inches long, eight inches high, and seven inches wide. With their bulky size, mailboxes rapidly take up cargo space during shipping and then use up valuable display space on retailers' shelves.
- U. S. Patent Number 1,992,640 to Steen discloses a telescopic mailbox that will extend to receive unusually long packages.
- U. S. Patent Number 2,781,964 to Ledgerwood discloses a mailbox having an inner sleeve that extends outward to reach a mail carrier sitting behind the wheel of an automobile.
- U. S. Patent Numbers 4,600,143 and 5,009,366 to Harlow, Jr. et al . and van Druff, Jr. et al . show mailbox inserts for assisting in removing mail from the box.
- a nestable mailbox comprising a body having a pair of spaced side walls, a top connected to the side walls, and a bottom panel connected to the side walls opposite the top, the body having a first end defining a first surface area and a second end defining a second surface area.
- the body is tapered from the first end to the second end such that the first surface area is larger than the second surface area, enabling the second end to be received in another mailbox constructed substantially identically to the nestable mailbox.
- a method of packaging a plurality of mailboxes comprising the steps of providing each mailbox with a body having a pair of spaced side walls, a top connected to the side walls, and a bottom panel connected to the side walls opposite the top, the body having an open first end defining a first surface area and a second end defining a second surface area, the body being tapered from the first end to the second end such that the first surface area is larger than the second surface area; forming a nested arrangement of mailboxes by positioning the second end of one mailbox into the first end of another mailbox; and placing the nested arrangement of mailboxes in a container.
- the mailbox and method of the present invention thus overcome the high shipping, display, and storage space requirements attendant to conventional mailboxes.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mailbox constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. IA is an end view of a back end of a mailbox constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a side elevation view of a mailbox (omitting the flag and front door for purposes of illustration) constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2A is an enlarged sectional elevation view taken along line 2A-2A in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of a mailbox constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a bottom view of a mailbox constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a plurality of mailboxes constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, positioned in a nesting arrangement, wherein the door of each mailbox, except for the front-most mailbox, is opened downwardly toward the front.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 5, showing the plurality of nested mailboxes packed in a carton, shown in a cut-away view.
- FIG. 7 is a side view of a plurality of nested mailboxes constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, packed in a carton, shown in a cut-away view, wherein doors of each mailbox are opened downwardly toward the rear .
- FIG. 8 is a side elevation view of a dual-door nestable mailbox, constructed in accordance with a modified embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a partial perspective view of the body of the mailbox illustrated in FIG. 8, depicting a back door in removably connectable relation to the back end of the body.
- FIG. 10 is an exploded, partial perspective view of the body and rear door of a nestable mailbox constructed in accordance with another modified embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a partial perspective view of the body and rear door of a nestable mailbox constructed in accordance with yet another modified embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is an end view of a back end of a mailbox constructed in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 is a side elevational view of a mailbox (omitting the flag and front door for purposes of illustration) constructed in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a bottom view of a mailbox constructed in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a front perspective view showing the second embodiment of the present invention in use.
- FIG. 16 is a front perspective view showing the second embodiment of the present invention in an alternative use.
- a mailbox 10 is shown, including a body 12 carrying a flag 14.
- the body 12 is primarily comprised of a pair of spaced side walls 16, an arched top 18 integrally connected to the side walls 16, and a bottom panel 20 (into which a plurality of apertures 21 are formed for mounting mailbox 10 to a support) connected to the side walls 16 opposite arched top 18.
- a first flared section 22 having a front face 24 extends around the side walls 16 and the arched top 18, such that front face 24 defines a first, or front, end of the body 12.
- Front end 24 is shown in FIG. 1 as being selectively closed by a door 26 hingedly mounted at 27 to the first flared section 22.
- door 26 occupies the surface area circumscribed by the front end 24 and bottom panel 20.
- a second flared section 28 extends around the side walls 16 and the arched top 18, is positioned rearwardly of the first flared section 22, and, as will be explained in greater detail with regard to FIG. 2, forms a raised shoulder with respect to arched top 18.
- Second flared section 28 preferably touches the first flared section 22 and is preferably formed integrally with top wall 18, side walls 16, and the first flared section 22.
- the body 12 is preferably constructed as one piece, including the flared sections 22, 28 such that these sections are considered as parts of the body 12.
- body 12 also has a second, or back, end, which is collectively defined by the rear termini of arched top 18 (sloping downwardly) , side walls 16 (tapering inwardly), and bottom panel 20.
- this back end is always completely closed by a back panel 30, which thus occupies the entire surface area circumscribed by the back end. (Consequently, reference numeral 30 will be hereinafter used to identify both the back end of body 12 and the back panel . )
- Back panel 30 has an aperture 32 formed therein as a result of the process employed to manufacture the body 12.
- aperture 32 is plugged with a plug member (not shown) after the back panel 30 is formed, and the clearance between the circumferential edge of the plug member and the aperture 32 suffices to admit air into the interior of the mailbox, thereby facilitating separation of nested mailboxes.
- body 12 is tapered from the first end 24 to the second end 30, such that the surface area at the first end 24 is larger than the surface area at the second end 30.
- the height (h f ) at the front end 24 is of a larger magnitude than the height (h b ) at the back end 30.
- the upper surface 22a of first flared section 22 declines from the horizontal by an angle ⁇ 1
- the upper surface 28a of second flared section 28 declines from the horizontal by an even greater angle ⁇ 2 .
- upper surface 28a of second flared section 28 is at a slightly higher elevation than the arched top 18 of the body 12, thereby forming a shoulder 34.
- Arched top 18 then declines from the horizontal, moving toward back end 30, by an angle ⁇ 3 , equal to the angle shown between top 18 and horizontal line 25. Additionally, bottom panel 20 inclines from the horizontal by an angle 0 4 , equal to the angle shown between bottom panel 20 and horizontal line 25' .
- a pivotal flag mount 36 as well as a recessed portion 38, are formed into the first flared section 22 and the second flared section 28.
- Mailbox 10 may also be provided with a door seat 40, attached to front end 24 and extending substantially conterminously therewith.
- Door seat 40 like the flared sections 22 and 28, is preferably formed as one piece with the body 12 of mailbox 10.
- Door 26 (FIG. 1) has a lip (not shown) mounted on the interior surface thereof, such that when in a closed position, that lip engages door seat 40, with door 26 then covering the door seat 40 (see FIGS. 3 & 4) .
- mailbox 10 is also provided with an outer lip 41 between the door seat 40 and first flared section 22, so as to aid in preventing rain water from entering the mailbox enclosure when door 26 is opened.
- a lower portion of flared section 22 may extend downwardly to form an ear portion 42, which has an aperture formed therein to allow a transverse pin 27 to hingedly mount door 26 to the body 12.
- a band of scalloped surfaces 44 may be formed into the exterior surface of at least one of the side walls 16 of body 12.
- Such a band preferably formed as a continuous series of circle segments, both imparts an aesthetic appearance to the mailbox 10 and admits air across the mailbox exterior surface, facilitating separation of mailboxes from a nested arrangement, to be described in detail herein.
- mailbox 10 is shown in a plan view, whereby it is seen that the width (w f ) at the front end 24 is of a larger magnitude than the width (w b ) at the back end 30.
- side wall 22c of the first flared section 22 tapers, moving from first end 24 toward second end 30, by an angle 6 5 from a datum line (defined as a line perpendicular to the line representing end 30 in FIG. 3) .
- Side wall 28c of second flared section 28 tapers by an angle ⁇ 6 from the datum line.
- Shoulder 34 is shown between side walls 28c and 16.
- each side wall 16 tapers from the datum by an angle ⁇ 7 , equal to the angle shown between each wall 16 and datum lines 45.
- Magnitudes for the aforementioned angles are preferably as follows:
- both the body 12 and the flag 14 are preferably constructed of polypropylene. Other plastics, such as polyethylene, may be used.
- the present invention additionally contemplates that the body 12 may be constructed of metal or wood.
- FIGS. 5 & 6 depict a plurality of mailboxes ("plurality” meaning two or more), here, six mailboxes 110, 210, 310, 410, 510, and 610, each constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, nested according to the preferred method of the present invention.
- a nested arrangement 50 of mailboxes is formed by opening the doors 226- 626 of mailboxes 210-610 (but not the front-most mailbox 110) such that the first (front) end of each of these mailboxes are now open.
- the second (back) end of one mailbox is positioned into the opened first (front) end of another mailbox. The latter step is repeated until all mailboxes designated for shipment within a single container have been nested.
- the nested arrangement of mailboxes 50 is placed in a container, such as a carton 52 having suitable dimensions "H” and "L” to encapsulate the nested arrangement, if container 52 is intended for shipment. If the container 52 is instead intended for display purposes, it may have the cutout section shown to promote visibility of the nested arrangement 50.
- FIG. 7 shows a similar arrangement of nested mailboxes, shown as residing in a carton 56, except that the doors of all of the mailboxes (including that of the front-most mailbox) have been opened, and except that the opened doors point downwardly and rearwardly.
- Doors 126', 226', 326', 426', 526', & 626' are also oriented substantially parallel with one another.
- "downwardly and rearwardly” means that a door assumes an obtuse angle, measured counterclockwise from horizontal axis A (also seen in FIG. 2) .
- Axis A passes through the center of pivot pin 27 and is perpendicular to a side elevation of back end 30.
- a mailbox 60 includes a body 62 which has side walls 64, a top 66, and a bottom panel 68 to define the mailbox enclosure.
- the rear termini of the side walls 64 and top 66 define the back end 70 of the body 62, opposite a front end 71 of the body 62.
- Mailbox 60 is additionally provided with a front door 72 hingedly mounted to the body 62 proximate the front end 71 by way of a transverse pin 7 .
- a back door seat 73 extends axially rearwardly from back end 70 and radially inwardly from back end 70 by a magnitude approximating the thickness of the body walls at end 70.
- Back door seat 73 thus serves as a rearward extension of body 62 and assumes a reduced, stepped relation with respect to end 70.
- Bottom panel 68 also extends axially rearwardly such that its terminus is coplanar with respect to terminus 73a of back door seat 73, thereby, in conjunction with terminus 73a, circumscribing the rear opening of body 62.
- Apertures 80 are formed into the lower portions of the back door seat 73.
- a back door 76 is hingedly mounted to the back door seat 73 by way of pins 77 integrally carried by the interior surface of a rim 79 lining the back door 76.
- the pins 77 are received within apertures 80, and since the back door 76 is preferably constructed of a resilient material, such as polypropylene, the back door 76 may be mounted to the back door seat 73 by pulling outwardly on the rim 79 proximate the pins 77, aligning the pins 77 with the apertures 80, and releasing the rim 79, such that the rim 79 biases the pins 77 within the apertures 80. With this construction, back door 76 may be easily mounted to the body 62.
- the dual -door nestable mailbox may also be constructed in accordance with further modified embodiments, such as those shown in FIGS. 10 & 11.
- the nestable mailbox can have a body 162 having a back end 170 which, at its lower portions, extends axially rearwardly to form ear members 175, into which apertures 180 are formed.
- a rear door 176 carries similar ear members 178, which have apertures 181 formed therein.
- Rear door 176 is mounted to body 162 by aligning apertures 180, 181, then by inserting hinge pins 177 therethrough.
- the rear door 176 Once the rear door 176 is mounted to the body 162 and moved to a closed position, the rear door 176 it is contained within the enclosure of body 162 at the end 170, except that outer rim 179 of the rear door 176 abuts the end 170.
- a nestable mailbox may include a body 262 which has side walls 264, a top 266, and a bottom panel 268 to define the mailbox enclosure.
- the rear termini of the side walls 264, top 266, and bottom panel 268 collectively define the back end 270 of the body 262, opposite a front end of the body 262.
- a back door 276 is hingedly mounted to the body 262 proximate the back end 270 by way of pins 277 integrally carried by respective interior surfaces of ear members 278 extending downwardly from the outer periphery, or rim 279, of the back door 276.
- the pins 277 are removably received within apertures 280 formed into a lower portion of each of the side walls 264 proximate back end 270. Since the ear members 278 are preferably constructed of a resilient material, such as polypropylene, the back door 276 may be mounted to the body 262 by pulling outwardly on the ear members 278, aligning the pins 277 with the apertures 280, and releasing the ear members 278, such that the ear members 278 bias the pins 277 within the apertures 280. With this construction, back door 276 may be easily snapped into place or removed from the body 262.
- a mailbox 310 including a body 312 carrying a flag 314.
- the body 312 is primarily comprised of a pair of spaced side walls 316, an arched top 318 integrally connected to the side walls 316, and a bottom panel 320, into which a plurality of apertures 321 are formed for mounting mailbox 310 to a support.
- the bottom panel 320 has formed therein a plurality of rail elements 341 which also have a plurality of apertures 321 formed both in the bottom and the sides of each rail element 341.
- the bottom panel 320 is connected to the side walls 316 opposite arched top 318.
- a first flared section 322 having a front face 324 extends around the side walls 316 and the arched top 318, such that front face 324 defines a first, or front, end 323 of the body 312.
- the first end 323 is shown in FIGS. 15 & 16 as being selectively open by a door 326 hingedly mounted at 327 to the first flared section 322.
- door 326 occupies the surface area circumscribed by the front end 324 and bottom panel 320.
- a second flared section 328 having a front face 321 extends around the side walls 316 and the arched top 318, is positioned rearwardly of the first flared section 322, and, as will be explained in greater detail with regard to FIGS. 15 & 16, forms a raised shoulder with respect to arched top 318.
- Second flared section 328 preferably touches the first flared section 322 and is preferably formed integrally with top wall 318 and side walls 316.
- body 312 also has a second, or back end 325, which is collectively defined by the rear termini of arched top 318 (sloping downwardly) , side walls 316 (tapering inwardly), and bottom panel 320.
- this back end 325 is completely closed by a back panel 330, which thus occupies the entire surface area circumscribed by the back end 325.
- the back end may have a rear entrance door similar to the door on the front only slightly smaller in shape as to accommodate the size of the mailbox at the second end 325.
- Back panel 330 has an aperture (not shown) formed therein as a result of the process employed to manufacture the body 312.
- the aperture is plugged with a plug member (also not shown) after the back panel 330 is formed, and the clearance between the circumferential edge of the plug member and the aperture suffices to admit air into the interior of the mailbox, thereby facilitating separation of nested mailboxes.
- a plug member also not shown
- body 312 is tapered from the first end 323 to the second end 325, such that the surface area at the first end 323 is larger than the surface area at the second end 325.
- first flared section 322 declines from the horizontal by an angle ⁇ t (not shown)
- upper surface 329 of second flared section 328 declines from the horizontal by an angle ⁇ 2 .
- upper surface 329 of second flared section 328 is at a slightly higher elevation than the arched top 318 of the body 312, thereby forming a shoulder 334.
- Arched top 318 then declines from the horizontal, moving toward back end 330, by an angle 0 3 , equal to the angle shown between top 318 and horizontal line 335. Additionally, bottom panel 320 inclines from the horizontal by an angle 0 4 , equal to the angle shown between bottom panel 320 and horizontal line 337.
- a pivotal flag mount 336 as well as a recessed portion (not shown) , are formed into the second flared section 328.
- FIG. 14 discloses a different embodiment of the claimed invention.
- This embodiment distinguishes from the others by the two rail elements 341 located along the bottom panel 320.
- These rail elements 341 are used to secure the mailbox to a post without the use of a mounting bracket. They also allow a person to place their fingers underneath an object in the mailbox by sliding the persons fingers in the front end 351 of the rail element 341 and then lifting up on the object.
- each rail element 341 is integrally formed with the bottom panel 320 of the mailbox, but derivations, such as separate rail elements 341 may be added to the bottom panel 320.
- the rail elements 341 have a front end 351 and a rear end 353 and extend from the first end 323 of the body 312 toward the second end 325 of the body 312 on the bottom panel 320.
- Each rail element 341 is a channel or trough-like shape 355 having two side panels 343, a lower or bottom panel 345 and a rear panel 347.
- the lower panel 345 is located between each side panel 343 and integrally connected to each side panel 343 hence forming a trough or channel.
- the front end 351 of each rail element 341 is open allowing easy access to the channel portion as shown in FIGS. 15 & 16.
- the rear end 353 of the rail element 341 is closed by the rear panel 347 and the lower panel 345.
- each rail element 341 is angled at the same degree as the side walls of the body 312, angle 0 7 . That is, each side panel 343 of the rail element 341 tapers from the datum by an angle 0 7 , equal to the angle shown between each outer side panel 343 and datum line 357.
- the inner side panel of each rail element 341 also tapers from the datum by an angle of 0 7 .
- Such angle is defined in much the same way as that of the outer side panel, that being the angle is equal to that shown between each inner side panel 343 and the datum line 359.
- each rail element 341 is wider at the front end 351 and narrower at the rear end 353.
- This shape is significant in that the two inner side panels 343 remain basically parallel to one another while still allowing numerous mailboxes to be nested with one another.
- the parallel configuration also allows for a wooden post to be placed between the rail elements and attached thereto from the bottom 320 or the side through the rail elements 341, thus eliminating the need and added expense of a mounting bracket.
- the channel portion 355 of the rail elements 341 also allow for letters and other objects placed inside the mailbox to be stood upright on end within the channel portion 355 making it easy and convenient to place and retrieve such letters and other objects.
- the open front end 351 allows for the rear end 353 of another mailbox to be easily slid into and retained within the channel portion 355, hence allowing the mailboxes to be easily nested with one another.
- a plurality of mailboxes constructed in accordance with the modified embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 8-16 may be nested within one another in the same manner as depicted in FIGS. 5-7.
- the steps in forming a nested arrangement would be substantially the same with the modified embodiment as those described with regard to the preferred embodiment, except that with the modified embodiment shown in FIG. 11, it may be desirable to remove the back doors of mailboxes prior to forming the nested arrangement, in the manner described below.
- each mailbox is removed from its associated body 262 by pulling the ear members 278 outwardly so as to remove, or to disengage, the pins 277 from respective apertures 280.
- each back door 276 may be readily removed from its associated body 262.
- the body 12 may be shaped as a frustum with the larger end at the front, and the body tapering symmetrically toward the smaller, back end. Such variations, however, are included within the spirit and scope of this invention as defined by the following appended claims.
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