Distributing Guide Patents (Class 232/26)
  • Patent number: 8390850
    Abstract: A toy mailbox for children includes a storage unit and a media processing mechanism. The storage unit includes a door member for closeably opening the storage unit and an ejection slot configured on a portion of the storage unit. The media processing mechanism is coupled to the storage unit, such that the media processing mechanism is capable of dispensing a media sheet having data content printed thereon, into the storage unit through the ejection slot. Opening the storage unit enables children to access the media sheet from within the storage unit. The media processing mechanism is also capable of printing the data content on the media sheet prior to dispensing the media sheet into the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventor: John Thomas Writt
  • Publication number: 20030226884
    Abstract: A jumbo mail drop box for isolating mail deposited therein which includes a drop box housing and a closable, removable chamber inside the drop box housing for receiving mail. The chamber is formed by a removable container having an opening in the top. The drop box has a plurality of mail transmitting chutes each having a deposit port at its upper end and an exit port at its lower end and arranged to receive mail through the deposit port and direct such mail into the closable chamber. There is an assembly for closing the opening in the removable container when desired to isolate the mail therein from the ambient atmosphere and permit removal of the container without exposing the ambient atmosphere to any hazardous material particles which may be on or in such mail. There is a removal door in the drop box housing to permit removal of the removable container therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation, a Maryland Corporation
    Inventors: John T. Swider, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons