WO2016015715A1

WO2016015715A1 - Device for accommodating packages or other deliveries

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Publication number: WO2016015715A1
Application number: PCT/DE2015/100315
Authority: WO
Inventors: Reiner Probst
Original assignee: Reiner Probst
Priority date: 2014-07-29
Filing date: 2015-07-27
Publication date: 2016-02-04
Also published as: DE102014110688A1; DE112015003467A5; DE102014110688B4

Abstract

The present invention relates to a simple, economical, and space-saving device for accommodating packages or other deliveries in the absence of the recipient.

Description

Device for holding parcels or other supplies

The present invention relates to a device that as an alternative to the bekan

Parcel boxes that provide secure delivery of parcels or other deliveries

Provision is made to ensure absence of the addressee.

Due to the online shopping, the shipping of goods to private individuals is increasing, with the individual delivery services often having the problem that the addressee for the goods is not found at home, so that the corresponding package, if no other regulation is made again taken and deposited in a pick-up center. At the same time, the recipient must be notified that the goods are stored ready for collection there. This process is associated with a tremendous additional work for the deliverer and additional ways for the recipient result

Pick-up center and a delay of receipt of the goods.

To solve this problem so-called parcel boxes are offered, which must be placed by the receivers on their land or attached to the outer walls of their homes, in which then the deliverer deposits the packages. In most cases, delivery is regulated in such a way that only authorized persons have access to the parcel box via a key or a code, while at the same time the parcels stored in the parcel box are protected against theft by corresponding safeguards. A disadvantage of such systems is that the offering delivery services try to foreclose the market by making their parcels boxes inaccessible to competition. In addition, the parcel boxes are naturally very clunky when they are

sufficient volume to accommodate parcels and are often perceived by owners of one- or two-family houses, for which the system is especially intended, often not as an ornament for the plot or the house.

In DE 20 2011 101 134 Ul a mail receipt container is described, which should be suitable for use in postal delivery systems for different deliverers, mail carriers and forwarders. The system for the mail receiving container is relatively complicated electronically controlled, which makes the system accordingly expensive. In addition, comes Also in this case, a relatively large box is used, which is not suitable for every front yard.

Space-saving solutions for parcel boxes in which the accommodating box for the parcels is collapsible or extendible are disclosed in JP HO 911 7366, JP HO 713 9269, JP H 0 911 8391, JP HO 627 2459 and JP 4 747 736 described. JP HO 911 8391 and JP HO 911 7366 describe systems in which the parcel box is arranged on the inside of the front door and is accessible from the outside via a flap which can be opened, for example, with a code or a key. A disadvantage of these arrangements is that the front door must be converted accordingly, whereby the appearance of the front door is changed and possibly impaired. Of course, the conversion is also associated with appropriate conversion costs. In JP 4 747 736 a collapsible parcel box is described, which is attached to an outer wall or on a bottom plate and can be unfolded as needed by the deliverer and assembled to the package receptacle. A disadvantage of this arrangement is that the deliverer must assemble the parcel box relatively complex and then sealed, which in turn costs time. JP HO 911 8391 also describes a parcel box which is mounted in the vicinity of the house on a floor slab or on the house wall and can be telescoped to receive a pact. These

Arrangement has the disadvantage of a relatively complicated and therefore expensive construction.

Generally, it can be said that the known space-saving variants are structurally complex, so that it can be assumed that the parcel boxes are also expensive. In addition, almost all delivery systems are designed so that not only the recipient but also the delivery service must have access to the parcel box via a code or a key. This in turn gives rise to the danger that the service will either be monopolized or accessible to many, which in turn will jeopardize the secure storage of the stored packages. There is therefore still a need for a cost-effective and space-saving, easy to handle for everyday use parcel box, which has advantages over the known parcel boxes according to the prior art. The object is achieved by a device for receiving packages or other deliveries, in which the receptacle for the packages is designed as a collapsible package bag. The device comprises, in addition to the receptacle for receiving packages or other postal deliveries, a mounting frame for the

Receptacle, a lid connected to the mounting frame and means for closing and securing the device.

An advantageous embodiment of the present invention provides that the

collapsible mail bag has a solid bottom, which facilitates a clean folding of the mail bag.

The mounting frame is preferably a sturdy plastic or metal rectangular frame defining the mouth of the mail bag by at least partially wrapping the top edge of the mail bag around the frame and sewn into the formed fold.

The device comprises a lid which is connected, for example, via hinges or directly via a folding axis with the mounting frame and closes the opening of the mail bag. Preferably, the lid has a downwardly bent edge, which lies over the mounting frame, so that the contents of the parcel bag against

Weather conditions is protected.

An essential part of the device according to the invention is a device for

Closing and securing the mailbag. According to the invention, this device should allow the attachment of the mailbag at a defined location in the outer area of the house. At the same time, the concept according to the invention provides that, with the aid of this device, the mail bag is thus closed after receiving the delivered parcel can be that unauthorized persons can not open the lid and the delivery is thus secured against theft.

In an advantageous embodiment, the means for closing and

Attaching the parcel bag a frame tab arranged on the mounting frame, a lid flap arranged on the lid and a lock. The lock forms the counterpart of the parcel bag, which is fastened in a location inaccessible to unauthorized persons and with which the parcel bag is connected so that the parcel bag can not be removed by unauthorized persons and can not be opened when loaded. For this purpose, the lock comprises a device for attachment in a mailbox or other unauthorized access point.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides for a clamping bar, which is guided for example by a matching hole in the lock and is clamped by means of a clamping nut between the side walls of a mailbox. Of course, other ways of attachment are possible. For example, the lock can be fastened in the mailbox via a magnetic connection or via a direct connection (gluing, welding or screwing). A further advantageous embodiment of the fastening device sees clamping screws as

Fixing screws, which are arranged in a threaded bore in the main body of the lock and have a manually rotatable screw head.

A simple embodiment of the lock comprises a main body into which the frame tab and the cover tab for fixing and closing the parcel bag can be inserted into a corresponding opening of the base body. In addition, the lock comprises a bolt which is mounted in a ring and clamped with a spring and cooperates with corresponding provided in the frame tab locking elements for fixing and closing the parcel bag.

As a base material for the mounting frame, the lid, the floor and the lock to offer plastic and / or metal, while the parcel bag itself preferably

Plastic or tissue is made. In the following, the present invention will be explained in detail by means of selected examples with the aid of drawings. The figures 1 to 3 show a schematic representation of the concept for the use of the device according to the invention for receiving parcels or other supplies, Figure 4 is an exploded view of an inventive

Apparatus for receiving packages or other supplies, Figures 5 to 8 is a schematic representation of the closing mechanism of a

Castle for the inventive device, Figures 9 and 10 are perspective views with partial sections of the

Locks in different closing positions, Figures 11 and 12 is a schematic representation of a fastening concept, Figure 13 is a side view of a parcel bag, Figure 14 is a sectional view of a section of Figure 13 and Figures 15 to 17 is a schematic representation of another

Mounting concept.

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of an opened parcel bag 1 arranged in the entrance area of a house 26, which can additionally be seen in FIG. 3 as an enlarged detail, wherein the parcel bag 1 is fastened in combination with a mailbox 24, which is shown partially Cut through the Mailbox flap 25 can be seen. The details of the attachment will be discussed later in connection with Figures 5 to 12 and 15 to 17.

From the figures 2 and 3 shows that the package bag 1 is designed as a collapsible bag, which is shown in the closed state in the figure 2, while the figure 3 shows the opened state of the parcel bag 1. In addition, the front of the mailbox 24 can be seen in FIG. 2, wherein a cut is made through the mailbox flap 25 in order to allow a view of the attachment of the parcel bag 1. The attachment takes place via the frame flap 6, which is, however, covered in the reproduced in the Figure 2 closed state of the lid flap 7. Otherwise, of the folded package bag 1, only the lid 3 and a small portion of the bottom 5 can be seen. The receptacle is folded and the package bag 1 is held together in this state by means of a Velcro tape 17. Of course, instead of the Velcro 17 all other known possibilities for the

Cohesion of folded items in question, around the collapsed

Package bag 1 to fix. Thus, for example, resilient locking elements may be provided which fix the bottom 5 on the mounting frame 2 when folding the package bag 1 and can be pushed out to open the package bag 1. FIG. 3 shows the parcel bag 1 in the same position as in FIG. 2, but unfolded and with the lid 3 open, so that the folding walls 18 of the receptacle can be seen as further details of the parcel bag 1. The attachment in the mailbox 24 via the frame tab 6, which engages in the fastened in the mailbox 24 lock 8. The receptacle is completely unfolded in the selected representation. As material for the folding walls 18 of the parcel bag 1 is offered to plastic or tissue, wherein the material is advantageously reinforced by metal mesh, metal filaments or other fibers, which provides additional protection against theft or

Damage is guaranteed.

In FIG. 4, all individual parts of a device according to the invention for receiving parcels or other deliveries are shown in an exploded view. In this case, the lid 3 together with the mounting frame 2, the folding walls 18th and the bottom 5 the mailbag 1. The lid 3 is connected in the assembled state via the hinges 4 with the mounting frame 2. Both the mounting frame 2 and the lid 3 each have a lid flap 7 and a frame tab 6, wherein the lid flap 7 plays a special role in closing the packet bag 1, while the frame tab 6 for the closure and attachment of the

Package bag 1 is provided. Both functions will be explained in more detail later with reference to FIGS. 5 to 10. Together with the lock 8 so all the individual parts of the device according to the invention are shown in the figure 4, which is the simple,

Uncomplicated, efficient and cost-effective concept of the present invention illustrated. The clamping bar 9 is only one of many ways of attaching the lock 8 at a location inaccessible to unauthorized persons.

FIGS. 5 to 8 are plan views with partial cuts on the lock 8 in FIG

Interaction with the frame tab 6 and the lid flap 7, with the help of the

Attaching and closing the parcel bag 1 takes place. The lock 8 includes a

Base body 10, which has a combined receiving opening for the frame tab 6 and the cover plate 7, and a lateral, perpendicular to the direction of insertion of the tabs 6, 7 arranged closure pin 13 which is mounted in a serving as spring bracket ring 12 with a spring 11. The ring 12, the spring 11 and the bolt 13 are arranged in a lateral, until the receiving opening for the frame tab 6 through hole 19 in the main body 10 of the lock 8. To attach the parcel bag 1, the frame tab 6 is guided through the receiving opening of the lock 8, while the

Cover flap 7 is inserted for closing the parcel bag 1 only in the front region of the receiving opening and is covered by the main body 10 of the lock 8.

Figure 5 shows the lock 8 and a section of the parcel bag 1 with the two tabs 6 and 7 as separate parts prior to insertion into the lock 8. The parcel bag 1 is folded before attaching to the wall or mailbox and the

Deckelasche 7 lies on the frame tab 6. In the selected plan view is in the

Frame tab 6 to recognize a recess 14 with a rectangular notch 15, which constitutes a deeper part of the lateral recess 14 in the frame tab 6, while a wider and flatter part of the recess is bounded by a rectangular stop 16. The thus formed frame tab 6 acts as a bolt for the lock 8, wherein the operation in the following figures 6 to 8 is illustrated. FIG. 6 shows the state before the package is deposited. The

Frame tab 6 is pushed through the receiving opening of the lock 8 and can not be pulled out of the lock 8 from the outside, since the prestressed pin 13 abuts against the stop 16 of the recess 14. The lid flap 7 is still outside of the lock 8, so that the lid 3 of the package bag 1 can be opened to deposit the package.

FIG. 7 shows the state after the package has been deposited and the mailbag 1 has been closed. The frame flap 6 has been pushed so far through the receiving opening of the lock 8 that the now relaxed bolt 13 engages in the catch 15. The lid flap 7 was also introduced into the receiving opening of the lock 8 and is covered by the main body 10 of the lock 8, so that the cover 3 of the parcel bag 1 is now fixed in the main body 10 of the lock 8 and from the outside without the possibility to unlock the Lock 8 can not be raised. In FIG. 8, the first step for removing the parcel is shown. Starting from the figure 7, the bolt was partially stretched by pulling out and pulled out of the catch 15, while both flaps 6 and 7 were pushed or pulled out of the main body 10 of the lock 8. The bolt 13 is located in the flat area of the recess 14 and can now be lifted by further tensioning over the stop 16, so that the lock is completely released and the package bag 1 can be removed.

FIGS. 9 and 10 are perspective and enlarged views of the situations already shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, respectively. Due to the partial cuts in the

Main body 10 of the lock 8 gives the viewer a particularly good insight into the interaction of the lock 8 with the bolt 13 and the frame tab 6 (the bolt) with the locking elements 15 and 16 of the recess 14, wherein above all the simplicity of Lock 8 and the entire concept for the device according to the invention becomes clear, in which the lock 8 is not only provided as a lock, but at the same time as a holder for the parcel bag 1. The bore 27 in the frame tab 6 and the bore 28 in the main body 10 of the lock 8 are provided as options for hanging the parcel bag 1 and the lock 8 when not in use, wherein the bore 28 in the lock 8 can be preferably additionally occupied with a hanger ,

Figures 11 and 12 are sectional views of an advantageous embodiment of an attachment in a mailbox 24, wherein in each case only a portion of the mailbox 24 is shown. Figure 11 is part of a longitudinal section through the mailbox 24 and shows the lock 8, which is guided by means of a tension rod 9, which is guided through a matching bore in the main body 10 of the lock 8, between the

Side walls of the mailbox 24 is clamped and fixed in this way. The tensioning rod 9 is preferably provided at its two ends with a rubber cap 20, which serves as a slip protection. At one of its ends a clamping nut 21 is provided, with the help of the tension rod 9 is tensioned. In an advantageous variant of this embodiment, the tensioning rod 9 in the region in which the lock is to be held has a deviating from a circle, for example an ellipsoidal or polygonal cross-section corresponding to a corresponding cross-section of the bore 19, so that a slippage or a rotation of the lock 8 about the axis of the tension rod 9 is prevented and the lock 8 is held in a defined position in the mailbox 24.

FIG. 12 shows the same arrangement for mounting the lock 8 in one

Mailbox 24 as in Figure 11, but in cross section. The closure situation is reproduced as in Figures 7 and 9, wherein the frame tab 6 is inserted until the locking of the bolt 13 in the catch 15 in the receiving opening of the lock 8 and the lid flap 7 is inserted below the top of the lock 8, so that the opening of the parcel bag 1 and the removal of the package only after unlocking the lock 8 is possible. The lock 8 is pushed at the same time with its receiving opening on an arranged in the region of the mailbox slot angle plate and thus in

Mailbox firmly positioned. The mailbox flap 25 is located on the lid flap 7 and can be raised at any time, whereby the mailbox 24 continues to be fully functional, since the clamping bar 9 and the relatively small lock 8 form no obstacles to the insertion of normal post. With reference to the figures 13 and 14, an advantageous way to attach the

Folding walls 18 shown on the mounting frame 2, wherein the fabric of the folding walls 18 is sewn to the mounting frame 2. The same mounting option is also suitable for a possibly provided subframe in the bottom area. In addition, of course, any other, known from the prior art possibilities for attachment of tissue or plastic to a frame are possible to realize the principle of the present invention.

FIGS. 15 to 17 show a further option for fastening the lock 8 or the parcel bag 1 to a mailbox slot. In this case, the construction of the main body 10 of the lock 8 is modified to the effect that now a vertically arranged mounting groove 22 is provided in the front region of the base body 10, with which the lock 8 can be hung on the mailbox slot. To fix the lock 8 in the mailbox 24 itself are two clamping screws 23 provide, each in a bore of the

Main body 10 of the lock 8 are inserted and can be screwed from the inside against the front of the mailbox 24 and thus lock the lock 8 on the front wall of the mailbox 24.

In addition to the two pictured options for attaching the

Device according to the invention in combination with an existing mailbox, many other fastening concepts are conceivable, of which only a few selected

Systems should be addressed here. For example, it is possible to fix the lock with the help of a magnet in the mailbox. In general, there is the possibility in principle to mount the lock firmly in the mailbox, which does not detract from the function of the device for receiving parcels, since it is not necessary for the entire device with lock or support to be removed again without a great deal of disassembly effort can. An elegant solution is to attach the mail bag outside the mailbox, for example, in a small lockable special Attachment box, which optionally at a suitable location on the

Exterior wall is attached or embedded in the outer wall.

In addition to the space savings and the simple and inexpensive production of the device according to the invention is a particular advantage of the present invention is that the delivery service does not require a key or code to drop a packet, but only the recipient access to the one or more packets occupied parcel bag Has. Thus, all delivery services can use one and the same device. For the private case rather rare case that during a

Absence period multiple parcels of different delivery services are expected, the recipient may exceptionally provide the delivery service a key or access to make it possible to bridge this exceptional situation.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 parcel bag

2 mounting frames

3 lids

4 hinge

5 floor

6 frame strap

7 lid flap

8 Castle

9 clamping bar

10 basic body

11 spring

12 ring

13 bolts

14 recess

15 catch

16 stop

17 Velcro tape

18 folding walls

19 hole

20 rubber cap

21 clamp nut

22 mounting groove

23 clamping screw

24 mailbox

25 letterbox lid

26 house

27 bore

28 hole

Claims

claims

Device for holding parcels or other supplies, comprising a parcel bag (1) as a receptacle for receiving parcels or other postal deliveries,

a fastening frame (2) for the parcel bag (1),

one with the mounting frame (2) via hinges (4) or a common axis connected lid (3) and

means for closing and securing the parcel bag (1), the receptacle being a collapsible bag of fabric or plastic,

dad urch geke nnzeich net that

the device for closing and fastening the parcel bag (1) comprises a frame flap (6) arranged on the attachment frame (2), a lid pocket (7) arranged on the cover (3) and a lock (8), the lock (8) comprising a device for attachment in a mailbox (24) or in any other unauthorized place and forms the counterpart of the parcel bag (1), which is attached to a location inaccessible to unauthorized persons and connected to the parcel bag (1) so that the Package bag (1) can not be removed or opened by unauthorized persons, whereby the lock (8) not only as a lock, but at the same time as a holder for the parcel bag (1) is provided, wherein after depositing a package and closing the parcel bag (1 ) the frame tab (6) and the lid flap (7) in one

Receiving opening of the lock (8) introduced and covered by the main body (10) of the lock (8), so that the lid (3) in the base body (10) of the lock (8) is fixed, while the frame tab (6) as a bolt for the lock (8) acts.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1,

dad urch geke nnzeich net that

the collapsible package bag (1) has a fixed bottom (5).

3. Device according to one of claims 1 or 2,

dad urch geke nnzeich net that

as a device for fastening the lock (8) a clamping rod (9) is provided.

4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4,

dad urch geke nnzeich net that

as a device for fastening the lock (8) clamping screws (23) are provided.

5. Device according to one of claims 1 to 6,

dad urch geke nnzeich net that

the lock (8) comprises a base body (10), a spring (11), a ring (12) and a bolt (13).

6. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7,

dad urch geke nnzeich net that

as material for the mounting frame (2), the lid (3), the bottom (5) and the lock (8) plastic and / or metal is provided.

7. Device according to one of claims 1 to 8,

dad urch geke nnzeich net that

the fabric or plastic material for the collapsible

Receptacle of the parcel bag (1) is reinforced with metal mesh, metal filaments or other fibers.