WO2003020087A1 - A letter box arrangement - Google Patents
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- WO2003020087A1 WO2003020087A1 PCT/SE2002/000872 SE0200872W WO03020087A1 WO 2003020087 A1 WO2003020087 A1 WO 2003020087A1 SE 0200872 W SE0200872 W SE 0200872W WO 03020087 A1 WO03020087 A1 WO 03020087A1
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- box
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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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- 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
- A47G29/122—Parts, details, or accessories, e.g. signalling devices, lamps, devices for leaving messages
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- the invention referred to is a letter and/or post box consisting of a bottom section, an upper section, a rear section, a front section, in applicable cases end sections, and a lid, the box being furnished with a decorative motif or informative text either separately or in combination.
- the invention enables the application/attachment of a motif or information on letter/post boxes through at least one of the sides being equipped with at least one folded structure forming a groove in which it is possible to insert a . made on one of the other sides of the plate, which together with the first fold structure above constitutes a whole folded frame intended for holding in place a motif or information sheet.
- the complementing fold structure can be attached to the side of the box by inserting parts of the structure under the attachment structure by the side where the first fold structure is fixed, thus producing a discrete folded frame.
- the means of attachment is formed by the plastic deformation of partially punched lips in the side of the box where the motif or information sheet is affixed. This is preferable from the technical and economic aspects of production if a simpler version of the letter or post box is to be supplied, since the means of attachment can be easily punched out of the blank for the box before it is folded. Through this procedure the consumption of material is minimized.
- either one of the first folded structures or the complementing folded structure has a slit along its outer edge to enable the insertion of a motif or information sheet. This simplifies as much as possible the insertion of a new sheet of paper for the reason that no part of the folded frame needs to be removed. This is considered to be a great advantage especially in adverse weather conditions since the change of motif can take place more quickly.
- the first folded structure fixed onto one of the sides of the box is a mathematically discontinuous form and constitutes three of four sides of a rectangular folded frame.
- the folded frame makes up part of the plate affixed to the side of the box on which three sides are folded to form grooves.
- FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a first version of a letter or post box with a decoration or information sheet inserted and affixed to the front side of the box.
- Fig.2 shows a letter and/or post box corresponding to Fig. 1 where the decoration or information sheet is shown separately by the side of the folded structure for attachment, this being on the front side of the box.
- Fig. 3 a shows a separate folded structure for attachment, which after mounting is designed to cover the fourth side of the decoration or information sheet.
- Fig. 3b shows a cross-section of the separate folded structure for attachment
- Fig. 4 shows, as in Fig. 2, a perspective view of the device as invented and applied to the door on a so-called weekly post box, and
- Fig. 5 shows a perspective view corresponding to Fig. 4, in which the device as invented is applied to a letter and/or post box on the front and the door for emptying the box is on the opposite or rear side.
- Fig. 1 illustrates what may at first glance appear to be a conventional letter and/or post box 1.
- This box is equipped with a door for emptying 2, which can be locked with the lock la.
- Fig. 1 however shows such a letter and/or post box 1 equipped with a device or arrangement 3, that is intended in an extremely simple fashion to allow the insertion and/or replacement of an information or decoration sheet 13 of chosen type, in this case on the front of the box.
- the letter/post box 1 consists of a bottom section 4 (not shown), an upper section 5, ,
- the box is preferably manufactured using elements of folded sheet steel, preferably galvanized, that are joined to each other by welding.
- the assembled letter/post box 1 is subsequently painted using appropriate anti-corrosion paint.
- a sheet 11 is mounted that has three sides with open 180° folds to make grooves 16 (see Fig. 3a, 3b).
- the plate 11 has a hole for a lock cylinder on its upper narrow edge 12, which is used to operate the lock (not shown) on the door 9. Since the dimensions of plate 11 in this illustrated version correspond to a large extent with the dimensions of door 2, it may be difficult to distinguish door 2 which is largely covered by plate 11.
- Fig. 2 shows a letter and/or post box 1 corresponding to that in Fig. 1.
- the difference lies in the information and/or decoration sheet 13 and a separate folded structure for attachment 14, for the purposes of illustration shown disconnected to the right of the sheet insertion area 17 of plate 11.
- the information and/or decoration sheet 13 has slightly smaller dimensions than the inner dimensions of plate 11, these being limited by the depth of the grooves formed by folding 16.
- the form of these grooves 16 is the same as the form of the separate folded structure for attachment 14, which is shown clearly in Figs. 3a and 3b.
- Fig. 3a shows the separate folded structure for attachment 14 from one of its long sides. It is clear that 15a in the folded structure 14 is longer than 15b. It can also be seen that part 15b is mitred at 45°.
- Fig. 4 shows a letter box of the so-called weekly type, by which is meant a letter box whose inner volume is sufficiently large to accommodate the maximum quantity of arriving post that is delivered to a normal household in one week.
- This figure corresponds with the version shown in Fig. 2 with the exception of its volume and the shape of the upper section 5.
- Fig. 5 shows an alternative version of the letter and/or post box 1, that the position of device 3 in the invention is optional.
- device 3 must be attached to or near to a locking door 2 since it may be attached to any flat surface on the exterior of the letter and/or post box, or for that matter any plane-curved surface.
- the information and/or decoration sheet 13 which is flexible but stiff, UV and weather resistant, and carries an informative message or an aesthetically pleasing decoration, can be easily inserted into the grooves 16 and will be held in place.
- FIG. 5 show how the folds are formed from a flat blank of sheet steel 11, which is then welded onto the front 7 of the letter and/or post box 1, a narrow pocket being formed between the plate 11 and the front section 7.
- the long part 15a of the separate folded structure for attachment 14 can be pushed with a close fit under plate 11. Its mitred corners will abut the corresponding mitred corners of the upper and lower open grooves 16 into which the information and/or decoration sheet is inserted. In this way a completely homogeneous frame will be formed around the information and/or decoration sheet which to the untrained eye consists of a single piece.
- the separate folded structure for attachment 14 need not contain one side of the complete frame; it could equally well contain the upper or lower edge of a rectangular frame or the curved side of another optional shape of frame.
- the invention shall not be limited by the above description, only by the wording of the attached patent claim.
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Priority Applications (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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EP02731050A EP1416836A1 (en) | 2001-08-15 | 2002-05-07 | A letter box arrangement |
US10/486,725 US20040238616A1 (en) | 2001-08-15 | 2002-05-07 | Letter box arrangement |
CA002457202A CA2457202A1 (en) | 2001-08-15 | 2002-05-07 | A letter box arrangement |
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SE0102719-2 | 2001-08-15 | ||
SE0102719A SE0102719D0 (en) | 2001-08-15 | 2001-08-15 | Mailbox with fastening device |
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WO2003020087A1 true WO2003020087A1 (en) | 2003-03-13 |
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PCT/SE2002/000872 WO2003020087A1 (en) | 2001-08-15 | 2002-05-07 | A letter box arrangement |
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EP (1) | EP1416836A1 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2457202A1 (en) |
SE (1) | SE0102719D0 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2003020087A1 (en) |
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RU196892U1 (en) * | 2019-07-29 | 2020-03-19 | Александр Григорьевич Жихарев | DESIGNING MAILBOX |
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CN104055401A (en) * | 2013-03-24 | 2014-09-24 | 杨晓虹 | Slide cover type newspaper box |
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GB228423A (en) * | 1924-06-16 | 1925-02-05 | Earl Judson Wheler Deforeest | Improvements in or relating to holders for identification means or the like |
GB2160347A (en) * | 1984-06-15 | 1985-12-18 | Carpentier Alex Le | Interchangeable print frame |
US5346125A (en) * | 1994-02-18 | 1994-09-13 | Critzer Sr Randolph T | Designer mailboxes with removable decorative side panels |
WO1998002369A1 (en) * | 1996-07-16 | 1998-01-22 | Erlund Knut R | False front for a box, e.g. a mailbox |
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- 2002-05-07 WO PCT/SE2002/000872 patent/WO2003020087A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2002-05-07 CA CA002457202A patent/CA2457202A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2002-05-07 EP EP02731050A patent/EP1416836A1/en not_active Withdrawn
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GB228423A (en) * | 1924-06-16 | 1925-02-05 | Earl Judson Wheler Deforeest | Improvements in or relating to holders for identification means or the like |
GB2160347A (en) * | 1984-06-15 | 1985-12-18 | Carpentier Alex Le | Interchangeable print frame |
US5346125A (en) * | 1994-02-18 | 1994-09-13 | Critzer Sr Randolph T | Designer mailboxes with removable decorative side panels |
WO1998002369A1 (en) * | 1996-07-16 | 1998-01-22 | Erlund Knut R | False front for a box, e.g. a mailbox |
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BRECLADA (16312), DATASHEET. POSTMUSEUMS DATABASER, FOREMALSSAMLINGARNA, XP002972995, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://www.postmuseum.posten.se/mmwebcat/foremal/isbd.idc?adAlias=webCat&Unitld=0&SearchUnitld=0&CopyCount=1&idno=37525> [retrieved on 20020815] * |
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RU196892U1 (en) * | 2019-07-29 | 2020-03-19 | Александр Григорьевич Жихарев | DESIGNING MAILBOX |
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US20040238616A1 (en) | 2004-12-02 |
CA2457202A1 (en) | 2003-03-13 |
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