Pop-Up Collapsible Lock Box for Secure Package Storage

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current solutions for package delivery fail to provide comprehensive security, are too expensive or impractical for widespread adoption, and do not effectively deter opportunistic theft while protecting packages from environmental damage.

Innovation Solution

A collapsible and pop-up lock box system with a mountable storage container and tether, designed to be compact, easy to store, and deployable only when needed, providing secure tethering to the property and protection from theft and weather.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional lock boxes are used to protect packages from theft and weather, then security and protection are improved, but they occupy large amounts of space and are expensive

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepackage securityVSAvoidlock box space

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSVolume of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The lock box transitions from a static, permanently deployed structure to a dynamic, deployable structure that can be collapsed into a compact state for storage and expanded to full size when needed for package protection

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The collapsible lock box nestles within its own structure when collapsed, with walls and panels folding inward to create a compact storage configuration that minimizes space occupation while maintaining full functionality when deployed

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Reliability

If fixed lock boxes are deployed to deter theft, then theft prevention is improved, but they create eyesores and reduce property aesthetics

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetheft deterrenceVSAvoidproperty aesthetics

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSShape

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from a permanent visual presence to a temporary, on-demand deployment that only appears when package protection is needed, thereby maintaining property aesthetics while providing theft deterrence

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The lock box is extracted from its collapsed, hidden state within the storage container and deployed only when needed, separating the storage function from the protective function to maintain aesthetic appeal

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Loss of information

If surveillance cameras are used to monitor deliveries, then delivery monitoring is improved, but they do not physically secure packages from theft

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedelivery monitoringVSAvoidphysical security

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces a physical intermediary structure (collapsible lock box) that directly secures packages, rather than relying solely on remote monitoring, thereby providing both physical security and the ability to monitor deliveries

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250169638A1Collapsible and pop up lock box with mountable storage container and tether

Publication Date: 2025.05.29 BERNETICH DYLAN JACKSON

AI summary

A system to protect delivered items, the system comprising: a storage container, a collapsible lock box container; a tether attached to the storage container and the collapsible lock box container; where the collapsible lock box container is configured automatically deploy from a folded stored configuration when inside the storage container, to a unfolded configuration ready to accept a delivered item when removed from the storage container.