Pocket Patents (Class 232/49)
  • Patent number: 11369223
    Abstract: An antitheft parcel delivery door system for a facility including a door with a door opening; a weather resistant exterior cover attached to a first door face, moveably positioned over the opening; parcel drum support bracket, moveable arm and rotating parcel drum with parcel drum opening, and cam assembly revolving the rotating parcel drum in the door opening, the cam assembly rotating the parcel drum simultaneously while the weather resistant exterior cover is opened and closed, enabling the rotating parcel drum to receive a parcel then counter revolve in a second direction of rotation to deposit the parcel in a facility interior space; and a protective interior cover with opening attached to a second door face enabling a parcel to drop safely into the facility interior space while preventing unwanted facility access, theft of the parcel, human harm and animal harm from contact with the rotating parcel drum and the cam assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: GLASSCRAFT DOOR COMPANY
    Inventor: John Plummer
  • Patent number: 10251503
    Abstract: A delivery/drop box is provided for parcels and products (“items”). The box comprises: a frame; a plurality of wall, floor, fixed roof, and fixed front panels securable to the frame; a cam roof section hingeably securable to at least one of the frame and the fixed roof section; a drop door assembly hingeably securable to at least one of the frame and the fixed front panel. As the drop door assembly is moved to an open position, the cam roof section moves to a raised position and an opening into an interior of the box is created. The box further comprises a lockable door panel hingeably securable to one of the side or rear panels, whereby an item passed through the opening into the interior of the box is accessible when the door panel is unlocked and open and is inaccessible when the door panel is closed and locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Fulps
  • Patent number: 7506797
    Abstract: A publicly accessible drop box for isolating items deposited therein, includes a securable enclosure, a depository port, a closeable container having an opening and located within the securable enclosure, and a closure device for closing the opening prior to removal of the container. The depository port may include a housing forming a reception chamber having an entrance, wherein the housing is rotatably mounted within the drop box. The drop box may include a view port to allow viewing of the opening of the closeable container. The drop box may include a manipulation device extending into the securable enclosure to enable manipulation of the closure device or to enable movement of any items in proximity to the opening of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Felice, Michael W. Finney, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Eugene C. Stradley, John T. Swider, Louis B. Taylor, Michael A. Wisniewski
  • Patent number: 7428980
    Abstract: An apparatus for receiving parcels having a structural frame and a parcel drop having a fully open and a fully closed position is disclosed. The apparatus includes a bin, a first opening between the bin and the structural frame through which patrons may deposit parcels into the bin at least when the parcel drop is in the fully open position. The apparatus further includes a second opening within the bin through which deposited parcels may fall out of the bin at least when the parcel drop is in the fully closed position. The parcel drop is rotatably coupled to the structural frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Donald E. Irwin, Daniel A. Wilson, F. Andrew Better, Edgar T. Bellinger, Jr., Duane C. Hajos
  • Patent number: 7320427
    Abstract: The present invention is a security mailbox utilizing a combination package rest and security panel. A mail slot in the security panel prevents easy access to contents of the mailbox. The present invention may be utilized in situations other than mail delivery where security for contents is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Inventor: Matthew C. Prestwich
  • Patent number: 6719195
    Abstract: A security dropbox for receiving mail and like items includes an enclosure having walls. The enclosure walls include a front wall with an opening for receiving delivered items. A service door covers the opening on an exterior of the enclosure. The service door is pivotably attached to the front wall adjacent to a lower rim of the opening, and has an interior side facing the enclosure. A service bin is disposed on the interior side of the service door. The service bin is positioned to hold delivered items when the service door is open and to drop the delivered items when the service door is closed. A secure bin is disposed in the enclosure under the service bin. The secure bin is positioned to receive the delivered items dropped from the service bin. The service bin is made up of the interior side of the service door, a bin floor extending at an obtuse angle from the interior side of the service door, and bin sidewalls extending between adjacent edges of the service door and the bin floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Architectural Mailboxes, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Farentinos