Delivery box structure

Abstract

To provide a delivery box structure that is firmly mounted to a delivery box, and is superior in design property.SOLUTION: A delivery box structure of the present invention includes a delivery box 2 and a handrail connecting material. The handrail connecting material is mounted to an adjacent strut 1a of a handrail 1 and to the backside of the strut 1a, respectively. The delivery box 2 is mounted so that a front face of the delivery box may be faced between the struts of the handrail through the handrail connecting material. The design property is high because the handrail connecting material for fixing the delivery box and the strut of the handrail cannot be seen from the front face, and the delivery box is integrated with the handrail. Further, the delivery box is firmly fixed to the strut of the handrail through the handrail connecting material, and thereby the security property is high.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a parcel box structure. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, as home delivery services such as internet shopping have become more common, an increasing number of households are installing delivery lockers. Delivery boxes need to be designed to be thief-proof; for example, as shown in Patent Document 1, delivery boxes have been attached to pillars or the like using chains. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 2010-82482 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] When installing a parcel locker, it is difficult to find a suitable location considering security and design. For example, if the locker is chained to a part of a building pillar or the like as in Patent Document 1 described in the background art above, design is inevitably sacrificed. There was a demand for a delivery box structure that could securely attach a delivery box and had excellent design. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] The first aspect of the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by providing a delivery box structure comprising a delivery box for mounting a delivery box between the posts of a handrail, the delivery box comprising a handrail connector and screws for mounting the delivery box to the posts, the handrail connectors being attached to the back side of adjacent posts of the handrail with screws whose heads are positioned within the handrail connector and a batten is fitted in to hide the heads of the screws, the delivery box being attached to the handrail connector with screws whose heads are positioned within the delivery box, and a door provided on the front of the delivery box is attached facing between the posts of the handrail so that it can be opened and closed, and all of the screws are hidden from the outside. A second aspect of the present invention is a delivery box structure for mounting a delivery box between posts of a handrail, comprising a delivery box and a handrail connector and a screw for mounting the delivery box to the post, the handrail connector being: The delivery box has a plurality of screw fastening portions on the prospective surface in the depth direction, Attached to the back of the adjacent handrail posts This is The delivery box is By using a screw fastening portion selected from the plurality of screw fastening portions, The above-mentioned problem was solved by providing a delivery box structure characterized in that the handrail connecting material is attached to the handrail between the posts so that the door provided on the front of the delivery box can be opened and closed, and the door is attached with screws so that the door does not protrude beyond the posts when closed. Effect of the Invention

[0006] The delivery box installation structure of the present invention has a high designability because the handrail connecting material that secures the delivery box to the handrail support is not visible from the front and the delivery box is integrated with the handrail. Furthermore, the delivery box is firmly fixed to the handrail support via handrail connecting material, providing high crime prevention. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0007] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of installation of a delivery box structure according to a first embodiment; [Diagram 2] FIG. 1 shows a delivery box attached to a handrail of a support pillar having a circular cross section according to a first embodiment. (a) Front view (b) Side view [Diagram 3] Cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A' in Figure 2(a) [Figure 4] FIG. 4(a) is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part according to the first embodiment; (b) is an enlarged view of the portion within the dashed line in FIG. 4(a); [Diagram 5] FIG. 5B is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part of the second embodiment; (a) is an enlarged view of the parcel box structure attached to a support pillar having a square cross section via a handrail connecting member; (b) is an enlarged view of the area within the dashed line in FIG. 5A; DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0008] Example 1 1 is a perspective view of an installation example of a delivery box structure according to Example 1. A handrail 1 is provided from the stairs to the entrance porch, and a delivery box 2 is installed between adjacent posts (with a circular cross section) 1a of the handrail 1 provided on the flat part of the entrance porch, with a door 2a facing the entrance side.

[0009] In the first embodiment, as shown in Fig. 1, the delivery box 2 is provided protruding largely behind the support pillar 1a so as not to protrude beyond the support pillar 1a. This allows for effective use of the dead space behind the entrance, and as the delivery box 2 does not protrude into the passage or entrance, it does not obstruct the passage of residents.

[0010] FIG. 2(a) is a front view of a delivery box 2 attached to a handrail 1 of a pillar 1a having a circular cross-sectional shape in accordance with the first embodiment, in which the pillar 1a is erected on a base plate 1c and a cap rail 1b is provided on top of the pillar 1a.

[0011] A delivery box 2 is placed between adjacent posts 1a of the handrail 1. As shown in Fig. 2(b), which is a side view, the delivery box 2 is attached to the post 1a via a handrail mounting material 3 attached to the back side of the post 1a. The specific connection structure between the delivery box 2 and the handrail mounting material 3 will be described later, but as shown in Fig. 4(a), the handrail mounting material 3 is composed of a handrail connecting material 3a and a batten 3b, and the handrail connecting material 3a connects both the delivery box 2 and the post 1a.

[0012] As shown in Fig. 2(b), the handrail mounting material 3 has approximately the same dimensions as the height of the delivery box 2. When the batten 3b is removed, the inside of the handrail connecting material 3a is exposed, revealing the screw fastening portion for fastening the post fixing screw 3f. The handrail mounting material 3 is attached to the back side of each of the adjacent posts 1a of the handrail 1, and has approximately the same vertical dimensions as the height of the delivery box. Since the handrail connecting material 3a (handrail mounting material 3) is attached to the back side of the support pillar 1a, the handrail connecting material 3a (handrail mounting material 3) is not visible from the delivery box 2 side, resulting in a high level of design. In addition, the delivery box 2 is firmly fixed to the handrail connecting material 3a, which has approximately the same dimensions as the height of the delivery box 2, by being screwed at multiple points in the height direction.

[0013] As can be seen from Figures 2(a) and 2(b), the handrail connecting material 3a (handrail mounting material 3) is attached to the back side of each of the adjacent handrail posts 1a, and the delivery box 2 is attached to the handrail connecting material 3a (handrail mounting material 3) with the front of the delivery box 2 facing between the posts 1a of the handrail 1. The front of the delivery box 2 is provided with a door 2a with a handle 2b so that it can be opened and closed (see FIG. 2). Once a parcel is placed in the parcel box 2 by a parcel company, the door 2a cannot be opened, and the resident can unlock the door by bringing an electronic key they own close to the parcel box 2, allowing them to remove the parcel. The locking mechanism can be of various types, such as a dial, a key, or biometric authentication.

[0014] Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A' in Fig. 2(a). The cross-sectional shape of the post 1a is circular, and the handrail mounting member 3 is attached to the post 1a with a post fixing screw 3f. The delivery box 2 is screwed from inside to the handrail connecting member 3a with a delivery box fixing screw 3e.

[0015] Fig. 4(a) is an enlarged view of a parcel box structure attached to a circular cross-sectional support 1a via a handrail mounting member 3. The handrail mounting member 3 is composed of a handrail connecting member 3a and a batten 3b. The handrail connecting member 3a is screwed to the support 1a by a support fixing screw 3f. After the post fixing screws 3f have been tightened, the batten 3b is fitted into the handrail connecting material 3a.

[0016] The handrail connecting material 3a is provided with two screw fastening portions, a first screw fastening portion 3i and a second screw fastening portion 3j, for fastening the delivery box fastening screw 3e. In Example 1, the first screw-fastening portion 3i is selected, and the delivery box fixing screw 3e is screwed from the delivery box side wall 2c side toward the first screw-fastening portion 3i of the handrail connecting material 3a, and the delivery box 2 is attached to the support 1a. The first screw fastening portion 3i and the second screw fastening portion 3j are both formed to have a thick wall thickness so as to maintain the strength of the screw fastening.

[0017] Fig. 4(b) is an enlarged view of the area within the dashed line in Fig. 4(a), showing the structure of the attachment part between the post 1a and the handrail connector 3a. The connecting surface on the post side of the handrail connector 3a is provided with two protrusions 3g that sandwich the post fixing screw 3f, so that even if the post 1a is round, the protrusions 3g abut and support the post fixing screw 3f from both sides, allowing for stable attachment.

[0018] As described above, in the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2(b), the delivery box 2 is provided protruding largely from the rear side of the support post 1a so as not to protrude beyond the support post 1a. However, Example 1 is merely one example of the aspects of the present invention, and does not preclude arranging delivery box 2 so that it protrudes in front of handrail 1. How delivery box 2 is installed relative to support pillar 1a can be appropriately determined by the resident, taking into consideration the size of the space behind support pillar 1a, etc. Whether the delivery box 2 protrudes forward or backward from the handrail 1, it is attached via handrail connecting members 3a (handrail mounting members 3) attached to the back sides of the adjacent posts 1a of the handrail 1, so that the handrail mounting members 3 are not visible from the front side of the delivery box 2 and are integrated with the handrail, resulting in excellent design.

[0019] Furthermore, in the first embodiment, the handrail 1 provided on the flat part of the entrance porch was selected as the installation location of the delivery box as described above, but the installation location of the delivery box 2 may be anywhere on the handrail. It may also be between adjacent posts 1a of the handrail 1 provided on the stairs leading to the entrance (see FIG. 1).

[0020] Example 2 Example 2 is the same as Example 1, except that the cross-sectional shape of the support 1d of the handrail 1 is rectangular. (That is, the structures of the handrail mounting member 3 and the delivery box 2 are the same as Example 1.) Please refer to Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of the parcel box structure according to the second embodiment, cut at a portion corresponding to Fig. 3 according to the first embodiment. The handrail connector 3a is fixed to the support pillar 1d having a rectangular cross section by a support pillar fixing screw 3f. As shown in Figure 5(b), which is an enlarged view of the area within the dotted line in Figure 5(a), the connecting surface on the post side of the handrail connecting material 3a has two protrusions 3g in the vertical direction. The protrusions 3g abut against the post 1d, which has a rectangular cross-sectional shape, and the handrail connecting material 3a is screwed to the post 1d with a post fixing screw 3f. As explained in Example 1, the two protrusions 3g provided in the vertical direction allow the handrail connecting material 3a to be firmly attached to the support pillar 1a having a circular cross-sectional shape, and can also be attached to the support pillar 1d having a rectangular cross-sectional shape, eliminating the need to prepare handrail connecting materials 3a for each cross-sectional shape of the support pillars (1a, 1d).

[0021] Unlike the first embodiment, the handrail connector 3a and the delivery box 2 are screwed together using the second screw fastening portion 3j. This is because, compared to the pillar 1a having a circular cross-sectional shape in Figure 4, the pillar 1d having a rectangular cross-sectional shape in Figure 5 is longer in the depth direction, and when screwed in place with the first screw fastening portion 3i, the installation position of the delivery box fixing screw 3e from the inside of the delivery box 2 will be shifted to the back of the delivery box 2. By making the thickness of the delivery box connecting surface 3m uniformly thick and forming a wide screw-fastening portion, as in the handrail connecting material 3a on the right side of Figure 5(a), even if the shapes and thicknesses of the handrail 1 posts (1a, 1d) are different, the screw-fastening position of the delivery box fixing screw 3e inside the delivery box 2 can be adjusted without shifting, as long as it is within the range of the wide connecting surface.

[0022] (Modifications of Example 1 and Example 2) The handrail in the first and second embodiments may be a newly installed handrail 1 or an existing handrail 1. If the handrail 1 is an existing handrail 1 and the interval between adjacent posts (1a, 1d) of the handrail 1 is wider than the interval between the delivery boxes 2, new posts (1a, 1d) can be added to construct a delivery box structure as in the first and second embodiments. In addition, if the resident's desired installation location is one where installation is not possible using the existing handrail 1 supports (1a, 1d), two new supports (1a, 1d) can be added to construct the delivery box structure.

[0023] The above describes in detail the delivery box structure of an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings, but the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and design changes that do not deviate from the gist of the present invention are also included in the present invention.

[0024] Furthermore, the above-described embodiments can be combined by utilizing each other's technologies, so long as there are no particular contradictions or problems in the purpose, configuration, and the like. [Explanation of symbols]

[0025] 1: Handrail 1a: Support (cross-sectional shape: circular) 1b: Kasagi 1c: Base plate 1d: Support column (square cross-section) 2: Delivery box 2a: Door 2b: Handle 2c: side wall 3: Handrail mounting material 3a: Handrail connector 3b: batten 3e: Delivery box fixing screw 3f: Post fixing screw 3g:Protrusion 3i: First screw fixing part 3j: Second screw part 3m: Delivery box connection surface

Claims

1. A delivery box structure for mounting a delivery box between handrail posts, A delivery box structure comprising a delivery box and handrail connectors and screws for attaching the delivery box to the posts, the handrail connectors are attached to the backside of adjacent posts of the handrail with screws whose heads are located within the handrail connectors, and a batten is fitted in to hide the heads of the screws, the delivery box is attached to the handrail connectors with screws whose heads are located within the delivery box, and a door provided on the front of the delivery box is attached facing between the handrail posts so that it can be opened and closed, and all of the screws are hidden from the outside.

2. A delivery box structure for mounting a delivery box between handrail posts, The delivery box includes a handrail connector and screws for attaching the delivery box to the support post, the handrail connector having a plurality of screw fastening portions on a prospective surface in the depth direction of the delivery box and being attached to the back side of the support post adjacent to the handrail, The delivery box structure is characterized in that, by using a screw fastening part selected from the plurality of screw fastening parts, the door on the front of the delivery box is attached to the handrail connecting material facing between the handrail posts so that it can be opened and closed, and the door is attached with a screw so that the door does not protrude beyond the posts when closed.

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