Home wall insert mailbox with convenient box transfer features
View Patent ↗The present invention teaches a residential wall penetrating mailbox with enhanced box handling capability, openable by barcode scanning, and openable from either inside or outside a home. A body which is generally column shaped has a front door which open at the top and hinge near the bottom and which has transfer means extending from the bottom and interior end of the front door into the interior space of the mailbox, said transfer means transferring and moving boxes away from the mailbox into the interior of the home. Thus, a delivery person may access a box from outside the home, while the homeowner may do the same without leaving the safety of the home interior while allowing for multiple boxes to move in the safety of the interior or the home.
1. A residential mailbox for use with packages, the residential mailbox for mounting in a home wall, the home wall having an exterior face at an exterior of the home, and interior face in an interior of the home, the residential mailbox comprising:
a columnar body having a vertical axis and a front and a back;
the columnar body mounted into the home wall, with the front passing through the exterior face of the home wall and accessible from the exterior, and with the back passing through the interior face of the home wall and accessible from the interior;
the front having a door therein, the door including a front exterior side, a rear interior side, a top edge, a bottom edge, and two opposing side edges extending between the top edge and the bottom edge, the door forming part of the front when in a closed position, the door having at least one hinge at the bottom edge thereof allowing it to move to an open position by swinging outward toward the exterior at the top edge thereof;
the door further including a side member extending from each opposing side edge of the door inside of the columnar body toward the interior, and a bottom member extending from the bottom edge of the door inside of the columnar body toward the interior, wherein the side members and the bottom member form a box drawer within the columnar body when the door is in the closed position;
transfer means disposed and connected to a top side of the bottom member and interior sides of the side members of the door; and further
wherein the transfer means serves to move packages away from the door and into the interior of the home.
2. The residential mailbox of claim 1 , further comprising an extension transfer means attached to the transfer means for moving packages further within the interior of the home.
3. The residential mailbox of claim 2 , wherein the extension transfer means comprises freely moveable rollers for moving packages further within the interior of the home.
4. The residential mailbox of claim 1 , wherein the transfer means comprises freely moveable rollers that move and transfer packages away from the door and into the interior of the home.