Cigarette distribution integrated folding stool

By installing foldable seating units inside the delivery compartment, the problem of delivery drivers having difficulty maintaining their balance inside the compartment is solved, improving delivery efficiency and the duration of customer manager visits, thus achieving a more efficient delivery service.

CN223817233UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-23HUNAN TOBACCO CO YUEYANG CO
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520380023.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-06
Publication Date
2026-01-23
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-06

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Technical Problem

The cargo boxes of existing delivery vehicles lack full protective equipment, making it difficult for delivery personnel to maintain their balance while driving, which increases their risk of injury and damages cigarettes, affecting delivery time and thus reducing delivery efficiency.

Method used

The delivery vehicle is equipped with a foldable seating unit, including support arms, seat plate, hinge shaft and limit plate, so that delivery drivers can sit in the vehicle to make deliveries, saving time traveling to and from the driver's cab.

Benefits of technology

By installing seating units inside the vehicle, delivery time was shortened, delivery efficiency was improved, and the duration of customer manager visits was extended, achieving the target visit duration.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses an integrated folding stool for cigarette distribution, which comprises a distribution unit, a folding unit and a folding unit, the seat unit comprises supporting arms, a seat plate, a hinge shaft and a limiting plate, the supporting arms are detachably installed on the inner side wall of the delivery compartment, the seat plate is installed between the two supporting arms through the hinge shaft, and the limiting plate is arranged between the two supporting arms; the device comprises a first state and a second state, in the first state, the seat plate rotates to the horizontal state, and the interior of the seat plate abuts against the bottom face of the limiting plate, so that the device is convenient to use; and in the second state, the seat plate rotates upwards to the vertical state, so that the space is saved. Compared with the prior art, after the seat unit is installed in the delivery compartment, a deliveryman does not need to go back and forth in a cab and a container, the time for each household to go back and forth in 15 seconds on average is saved, the visiting duration of a customer manager is prolonged to about 3 hours from the original average 1.89 hours, and the goal is achieved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a cigarette distribution integrated folding stool belongs to cigarette distribution technical field. BACKGROUND

[0002] Cigarette distribution is the last link of modern cigarette logistics work, and is the only link directly contacting with terminal retailers in cigarette logistics. On the one hand, the quality of cigarette distribution service directly affects the satisfaction and loyalty of retailers to tobacco work; on the other hand, cigarette distribution work can provide a good carrier for "precise service" and "cigarette level up".

[0003] At present, tobacco work is facing new challenges and difficulties, and good cigarette distribution work can not only increase the satisfaction of customers to tobacco, but also use this platform to carry out customer manager follow-up visit work, and escort tobacco work. The applicant combines customer manager visiting customers with cigarette logistics distribution work, realizes "reducing cost and increasing efficiency", and opens up a new channel for customer service work.

[0004] At present, the distribution vehicle works from 8:00 to 15:00, and guarantees 7-hour work system. In addition to completing the distribution work, the customer manager needs to visit 10-15 retail outlets every day, and the visiting time of each retail outlet is guaranteed to be 15 minutes. According to the minimum visiting requirement, 10 households x 15 minutes = 150 minutes, that is, the minimum visiting time of each day is 2.5 hours. However, according to the investigation, the visiting time of the customer manager is only less than 2 hours every day, which leads to that the customer manager does not play the true value of visiting.

[0005] In order to achieve the minimum visiting time of 2.5 hours of the customer manager, the distribution efficiency should be 70.49 households / hour, and the distribution efficiency of the applicant at the present stage is only 52.7 households / hour. According to the statistics of the distribution link, it is found that the time consumption of the distribution work is concentrated in the delivery time and the driving time, and the driving time has been the optimal route and cannot be adjusted. Therefore, the delivery time is the key factor affecting the distribution efficiency.

[0006] For the reason analysis of the long delivery time of distribution, it is found that the reason is that the cargo box of the present distribution vehicle has no full protection device, and the distribution employee is difficult to keep balance in the cargo box during vehicle driving, and is easy to be injured by collision; if the balance is kept by leaning on the cigarette package, the cigarette is also easy to be damaged. Therefore, during driving, the distribution employee will stay in the cab, and then return to the cargo box to deliver the goods. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0007] Based on the above, the utility model provides a cigarette distribution integrated folding stool, which sets a foldable seat in the delivery compartment, improves the working environment in the cargo box, saves the time of the distribution employee going back and forth in the cargo box, and further shortens the delivery time, so as to overcome the defects of the prior art.

[0008] The utility model discloses a technical scheme: a cigarette distribution integrated folding stool, which comprises:

[0009] A distribution unit comprises a delivery compartment.

[0010] A seat unit comprises support arms, a seat plate, a hinged shaft and a limiting plate. The support arms are detachably installed on the inner side wall of the delivery compartment. The seat plate is installed between the two support arms through the hinged shaft. The limiting plate is arranged between the two support arms.

[0011] The folding stool comprises a first state and a second state. In the first state, the seat plate is rotated to a horizontal state, and the inner part of the seat plate is abutted on the bottom surface of the limiting plate for use. In the second state, the seat plate is rotated upward to a vertical state to save space.

[0012] In one example, the folding stool further comprises a safety unit comprising a retractor, a webbing and a lock. The retractor is installed on the upper part of one of the support arms. The lock is installed on the middle part of the other support arm. One end of the webbing is installed in the retractor, and the other end is installed on the lock through a lock tongue.

[0013] In one example, the support arms are L-shaped arms, and the two support arms are connected through a connecting rod. The middle part of the support arm is provided with a hinged seat, and the hinged shaft is installed between the two hinged seats.

[0014] In one example, the support arms are installed in the delivery compartment through fasteners.

[0015] In one example, the seat plate is provided with a first magnetic attraction element, and the upper parts of the two support arms are provided with a second magnetic attraction element. When the first magnetic attraction element and the second magnetic attraction element are close to each other, they can be attracted and attached to each other, so that the seat plate is kept in a vertical state.

[0016] In one example, the first magnetic attraction element is a magnetic block, and the second magnetic attraction element is an iron block, or the first magnetic attraction element is an iron block, and the second magnetic attraction element is a magnetic block.

[0017] In one example, the seat plate is wrapped with a soft layer of cushion.

[0018] The utility model discloses a beneficial effect: through setting up seat unit in the delivery carriage, the delivery personnel can rotate seat board to vertical state to send goods on seat board, save the time of going back and forth from the cab to the delivery carriage, shorten the delivery time. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Fig. 1 The structure diagram of the integrated folding stool for cigarette distribution is shown in the figure.

[0020] Fig. 2 The schematic diagram of the seat unit in the horizontal state is shown in the figure.

[0021] Fig. 3 The schematic diagram of the seat unit in the vertical state is shown in the figure.

[0022] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0023] Delivery unit: 11 delivery carriage.

[0024] Seat unit: 21 support arm, 22 seat board, 23 hinged shaft, 24 limiting plate, 25 connecting rod, 26 fastener, 27 first magnetic attraction piece, 28 second magnetic attraction piece, 29 soft layer pad.

[0025] Safety unit: 31 retractor, 32 woven tape, 33 lock catch, 34 lock tongue. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] In order to make the above-mentioned purpose, features and advantages of the utility model more obvious and easy to understand, the specific embodiment of the utility model is described in detail below. In the following description, a lot of specific details are set forth in order to fully understand the utility model. But the utility model can be implemented in many other ways different from the description, and those skilled in the art can make similar improvements without departing from the connotation of the utility model, so the utility model is not limited by the following disclosed specific implementation.

[0027] Please refer to Figs. 1 to 3 The utility model discloses a kind of integrated folding stool for cigarette distribution, including delivery unit and seat unit.

[0028] The delivery unit comprises a delivery compartment 11, and cigarettes are placed in the delivery compartment 11. The seat unit comprises two support arms 21, a seat plate 22, a hinge shaft 23 and a limiting plate 24. The two support arms 21 are fixed to the inner side wall of the delivery compartment 11 by fasteners 26, and the specific position is the left box tail in the delivery compartment 11. The seat plate 22 is installed between the two support arms 21 by the hinge shaft 23, and the limiting plate 24 is fixed between the two support arms 21. Thus, the device can move between the first state and the second state. In the first state, the seat plate 22 is turned downward to the horizontal state, and the inner part of the seat plate 22 abuts against the bottom surface of the limiting plate 24, and the limiting plate 24 can limit the seat plate 22 from continuing to turn downward, so as to be used. In the second state, the seat plate 22 is turned upward to the vertical state, so as to save space. In order to facilitate use, a soft layer pad 29 is wrapped outside the seat plate 22.

[0029] By arranging the seat unit in the delivery compartment 11, the delivery personnel can turn the seat plate 22 to the vertical state when delivering, so as to sit on the seat plate 22 to deliver, which saves the time of going back and forth between the cab and the delivery compartment 11, and shortens the delivery time. Compared with the traditional one, after installing the seat unit in the delivery compartment 11, the delivery personnel no longer needs to go back and forth between the cab and the box, and the average time of going back and forth between the box is saved for 15 seconds.

[0030] Table 1 Comparison of single household delivery time before and after modification

[0031]

[0032]

[0033] Through comparison, it is known that 15 seconds of going back and forth time of the delivery personnel is saved after modification, and the time for arranging cigarettes is also reduced by 15 seconds, and a total of 30 seconds is saved. Taking the average of 129 households, the delivery time is saved by 1.08 hours per day. The delivery time is saved from 2.44 hours to 1.36 hours, and the delivery efficiency is improved to 95 households per hour. The length of time for the customer manager to visit is also extended from the original average of 1.89 hours to about 3 hours, which achieves the target.

[0034] In order to strengthen protection, the device further comprises a safety unit, which comprises a winder 31, a woven tape 32 and a lock catch 33. The winder 31 is installed on the upper part of one support arm 21, the lock catch 33 is installed on the middle part of the other support arm 21, one end of the woven tape 32 is installed in the winder 31, and the other end can be installed on the lock catch 33 through a lock tongue 34. The safety belt structure composed of the winder 31, the woven tape 32 and the lock catch 33 is a current conventional safety protection structure, and will not be described here.

[0035] For ease of installation, the support arm 21 is an L-shaped arm, and the two support arms 21 are connected by a connecting rod 25 to ensure structural reliability. A hinge seat is provided in the middle of the support arm 21, and the hinge shaft 23 is installed between the two hinge seats. The L-shaped arm can be installed in the delivery compartment 11 by fastening bolts.

[0036] For ease of operation, a first magnetic attractor 27 is fixed to the seat plate 22, and a second magnetic attractor 28 is provided between the upper parts of the two support arms 21. The first magnetic attractor 27 and the second magnetic attractor 28 can attract and adhere to each other when close, keeping the seat plate 22 in a vertical position. The first magnetic attractor 27 is a magnetic block, and the second magnetic attractor 28 is an iron block, or vice versa. With the first magnetic attractor 27 and the second magnetic attractor 28, when the seat plate 22 is rotated to a vertical position, the magnetic force can keep the seat plate 22 in a vertical position. The advantage of this structure is that the magnetic force is effective for a long time, while springs may fail after prolonged use.

[0037] The embodiments described above are merely illustrative of several implementations of this utility model, and while the descriptions are relatively specific and detailed, they should not be construed as limiting the scope of this utility model patent. It should be noted that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and improvements without departing from the concept of this utility model, and these all fall within the protection scope of this utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of this utility model patent should be determined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A folding stool integrated for cigarette delivery, characterized in that, include: The delivery unit includes a delivery compartment (11); The seat unit includes a support arm (21), a seat plate (22), a hinge shaft (23), and a limiting plate (24). The support arm (21) is detachably installed on the inner side wall of the delivery compartment (11). The seat plate (22) is installed between the two support arms (21) through the hinge shaft (23). The limiting plate (24) is provided between the two support arms (21). The folding stool includes a first state and a second state. In the first state, the seat plate (22) is rotated to a horizontal state and the interior of the seat plate (22) abuts against the bottom surface of the limiting plate (24) for use. In the second state, the seat plate (22) is rotated upward to a vertical state to save space.

2. The integrated folding stool for cigarette delivery according to claim 1, characterized in that, Also includes: The safety unit includes a retractor (31), a webbing (32), and a buckle (33). The retractor (31) is mounted on the upper part of one of the support arms (21), and the buckle (33) is mounted on the middle part of the other support arm (21). One end of the webbing (32) is installed inside the retractor (31), and the other end is installed on the buckle (33) through a locking tongue (34).

3. The integrated folding stool for cigarette delivery according to claim 1, characterized in that, The support arm (21) is an L-shaped arm, and the two support arms (21) are connected by a connecting rod (25). The middle part of the support arm (21) is provided with a hinge seat, and the hinge shaft (23) is installed between the two hinge seats.

4. The integrated folding stool for cigarette delivery according to claim 3, characterized in that, The support arm (21) is installed inside the delivery compartment (11) by fasteners (26).

5. The integrated folding stool for cigarette delivery according to claim 1, characterized in that, The seat plate (22) is provided with a first magnetic attractor (27), and a second magnetic attractor (28) is provided between the upper parts of the two support arms (21). When the first magnetic attractor (27) and the second magnetic attractor (28) are close to each other, the seat plate (22) remains in a vertical state.

6. The integrated folding stool for cigarette delivery according to claim 5, characterized in that, The first magnetic attractor (27) is a magnetic block and the second magnetic attractor (28) is an iron block, or the first magnetic attractor (27) is an iron block and the second magnetic attractor (28) is a magnetic block.

7. The integrated folding stool for cigarette delivery according to claim 1, characterized in that, The seat panel (22) is covered with a soft pad (29).