Package delivery strongbox
View Patent ↗The present invention is directed to a package delivery strongbox. The package delivery strongbox may comprise a strongbox, a first shutter, a second shutter, and a latching mechanism. The strongbox may couple to the outside of an exterior door via the first shutter and the second shutter. The strongbox may be adapted for a delivery person to place one or more delivered packages into the strongbox through an open top and then close a lid. The latching mechanism may engage the lid thereby securing the one or more delivered packages inside of the strongbox. The one or more delivered packages may be removed by opening the exterior door, moving the first shutter and the second shutter to release the latching mechanism, and opening the lid. The strongbox may collapse for storage by folding the strongbox at a plurality of hinges.
1. A package delivery receptacle, comprising:
a strongbox having an open top and a close lid, the strongbox is adapted to a delivery person to place one or more delivered packages into the strongbox through the open top and the close lid;
a first shutter coupling the strongbox to the outside of an exterior door via the first shutter;
a second shutter coupling the strongbox to the outside of the exterior door via the second shutter; and
a latching mechanism engaging the close lid thereby securing the one or more delivered packages inside of the strongbox; and,
wherein the first shutter and the second shutter each include a shutter standoff with a first standoff end coupled to a respective shutter and a second standoff end coupled to a spring;
wherein the shutters are adapted to slide laterally within a shutter slot passing through the strongbox; and,
wherein a movement of the first and the second shutters causes the shutter standoffs to pivot a pair of hooks on the latching mechanism, thereby disengaging the hooks from a pair of latch catches disposed on a rear underside of the close lid, thereby allowing the close lid to be opened.
2. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 1 , wherein the strongbox collapses for storage by folding the strongbox at a plurality of hinges.
3. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 1 , wherein the strongbox is an enclosure having a front wall, a rear wall, a left side wall, a right-side wall, the close lid, and a bottom wall.
4. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 3 , wherein the front wall hingedly couples to the left side wall via a plurality of left front wall hinges.
5. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 3 , wherein the front wall hingedly couples to the right-side wall via a plurality of right front wall hinges.
6. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 3 , wherein the rear wall hingedly couples to the left side wall via a plurality of left rear wall hinges.
7. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 3 , wherein the rear wall hingedly couples to the right-side wall via a plurality of right rear wall hinges.
8. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 3 , wherein the close lid hingedly couples to the front wall via a plurality of lid hinges.
9. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 3 , wherein the bottom wall hingedly coupled to the rear wall via a plurality of bottom wall hinges.
10. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 3 , wherein the bottom wall pivots to a position that places the bottom wall between and perpendicular to a bottom of each of the front wall, the rear wall, the left side wall, and the right-side wall.
11. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 3 , wherein the close lid pivots to a position that places the close lid between and perpendicular on a top of each of the front wall, the rear wall, the left side wall, and the right-side wall.
12. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 3 , wherein an individual side wall selected from the left side wall and the right-side wall is separated into a front half panel and a rear half panel.
13. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 12 , wherein the front half panel is hingedly coupled to the rear half panel such that the individual side wall may fold in half.
14. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 3 , wherein the center of the left side wall hinges inward at a vertical line via a plurality of left wall hinges and the center of the right-side wall hinge inward at a vertical line via a plurality of right wall hinges.
15. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 3 , wherein the rear wall includes a shutter aperture that passes through the rear wall from front to rear and the shutter slot passing laterally through the rear wall.
16. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of latch catches are operable to engage a pair of opposing latches located on the latching mechanism in order to hold the close lid in a closed position.
17. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the first shutter includes a U-shaped bracket that wraps around an end of a knob side of the exterior door.
18. The package delivery receptacle, according to claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the second shutter includes an L-shaped bracket that touches an end of a hinge side of the exterior door.