Package Delivery Blind with Camouflage and Weights

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for a solution to conceal packages left unattended in outdoor environments, particularly by commercial delivery services, to prevent them from being visible and attracting attention, such as from wind or potential thieves.

Innovation Solution

A package delivery blind comprising an opaque blind sheeting with camouflage patterns and secured by weights to prevent visibility and movement, utilizing a textile material with poly-para-phenylene terephthalamide yarns and treated with perfluorobutanesulfonic acid for durability and water resistance, anchored to the ground with high-density metal weights.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Difficulty of detecting and measuring

If a blind sheeting is placed over the package to conceal it, then the package visibility is reduced, but the blind sheeting may be moved by wind which attracts attention to the package

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepackage visibilityVSAvoidblind sheeting stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Difficulty of detecting and measuringVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The blind sheeting incorporates weights at specific locations (corners and/or edges) rather than distributing weight uniformly throughout the entire sheeting. This localized weighting provides sufficient stability to prevent wind movement while maintaining the overall concealment function of the blind sheeting.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

Weights are attached to the blind sheeting to counteract the force of wind that would otherwise cause the sheeting to move and reveal the package. These weights act as counterbalancing elements that anchor the blind sheeting in place, ensuring it remains stable and maintains its concealing function.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #8Anti-weight (Counterweight)

2Reliability

If weights are added to secure the blind sheeting, then the stability against wind is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveblind sheeting stabilityVSAvoidnumber of components

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The weighting system is divided into discrete, separate weights that can be individually attached to specific locations on the blind sheeting (such as corners or edges). This segmentation allows for a simple, modular approach to stabilization without requiring a complex integrated system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The use of simple, inexpensive weights (such as sandbags, metal weights, or stone blocks) provides an economical solution that does not require complex mechanisms. These weights can be easily attached and detached, and their simplicity reduces overall device complexity while effectively solving the wind stability problem.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Data Source

PatentUS10458755B1Package delivery blind

Publication Date: 2019.10.29 GONZALES JR ROBERT

AI summary

The package delivery blind is a blind. The package delivery blind is adapted for use in an outdoor environment. The package delivery blind is configured for use with a package. The package delivery blind conceals a package left in an outdoor environment. The package delivery blind comprises a blind sheeting and a plurality of weights. The blind sheeting forms an opaque sheeting placed over the package. The blind sheeting prevents the package from being seen. The plurality of weights secure the edges of the blind sheeting such that the wind will not move the blind sheeting thereby attracting attention to the package delivery blind. In the first potential embodiment of the disclosure, the blind sheeting further comprises the visual patterns and forms of camouflage appropriate for the outdoor environment.