Patent Application
20230329469
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The disclosure relates to security devices and more particularly pertains to a new security device for securing a delivered package for retrieval by an intended recipient. The device includes a housing that is mounted to a support surface, a plurality of cables retractably integrated into the housing and a plurality of bases each coupled to a respective cable. The device includes a plurality of bands, each coupled to a respective base which can each be wrapped around a delivered package that is placed on the respective base. The device includes a plurality of locking units, each attached to a respective band, for locking the bands around the delivered package thereby inhibiting the delivered package from being stolen.
The prior art relates to security devices including a package carrying device that includes a plurality of straps that can be wrapped around a package and a handle attached to the straps for carrying the package. The prior art discloses a security device that includes a housing, a plurality of cables that can be wrapped around an object and inserted into the housing and a plurality of locks disposed within the housing for securing the cables around the object. The prior art discloses a package security bag that includes a lock for closing the bag and a cable attached between the bag and a structure. The prior art discloses a cable lock device that includes cables, a lock and a cable tightener. The prior art discloses a security bag for storing a package delivery, a strap that is attached o the security bag which is insertable beneath a door and a stop attached to the strap to inhibit the strap from being pulled beneath the door. The prior art discloses an ornamental design for a cable lock that includes a cylinder and a plurality of cables each extending away from the cylinder.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a mount housing that is mountable to a vertical support surface is located at a pre-determined location for a package delivery. A plurality of cables is each retractably integrated into the mount housing and a plurality of bases is each coupled to a respective one of the cables thereby facilitating each of the bases to be secured to the vertical support surface. A plurality of bands is each of the bands is retractably integrated into a respective one of the bases for securing the delivered packet on the respective base. A plurality of locking units releasably securing each of the bands on the respective base around the delivered package to inhibit the delivered package from being removed from the respective base by an unauthorized person.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A lid 38 is positionable on the mount housing 12 for closing the mount housing 12, and the lid 38 has a plurality of holes 40 each extending through the lid 38. The lid 38 has rear side 42 and a front side 44, and each of the holes 40 extends through the front side 44 and the rear side 42. The holes 40 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed along a substantial height of the lid 38. The lid 38 has a lip 46 extending away from the rear side 42 and the lip 46 is aligned with and extends around a full perimeter of the lid 38. The lip 46 extends around the outer wall 22 of the compartment 18 when the lid 38 is positioned on the distal edge 24 of the outer wall 22 of the compartment 18.
A plurality of spools 48 is provided and each of the spools 48 is rotatably disposed within the compartment 18. Each of the spools 48 is biased to rotate in a first direction and each of the spools 48 is rotatable in a second direction. Each of the spools 48 includes an axle 50 extending between the first lateral side 28 and the second lateral side 30 of the outer wall 22 of the compartment 18. Furthermore, the spools 48 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed along a substantial height of the compartment 18.
A plurality of cables 52 is provided and each of the cables 52 is wrapped around a respective one of the spools 48. Each of the cables 52 extends outwardly through a respective one of the holes 40 in the lid 38 and each of the cables 52 has a distal end 54 with respect to the lid 38. Each of the cables 52 is wrapped around the respective spool 48 when the respective spool 48 rotates in the first direction and respective spools 48 rotate in the second direction when the cable 52 on the respective spool 48 is pulled outwardly through the respective hole 40 in the lid 38. A plurality of bases 56 is provided and each of the bases 56 is coupled to a respective one of the cables 52 thereby facilitating each of the bases 56 to be secured to the vertical support surface 14 for having a respective delivered package 57 is positioned on the bases 56.
Each of the bases 56 has a bottom surface 58, a top surface 60 and a perimeter surface 62 extending between the top surface 60 and the bottom surface 58, and the perimeter surface 62 of each of the bases 56 has a plurality of intersecting sides 64 such that each of the bases 56 has a rectangular shape. Additionally, each of the bases 56 has a plurality of slots 66 extending through a respective one of the intersecting sides 64 of the perimeter surface 62. A plurality of retractors 68 is each rotatably disposed within a respective one of the bases 56. Each of the retractors 68 is biased to rotate in a first direction and each of the retractors 68 is rotatable in a second direction. Furthermore, each of the retractors 68 is aligned with a respective one of the slots 66 in the perimeter surface 62 of the respective base 56.
A plurality of bands 70 is each retractably integrated into a respective one of the bases 56. Each of the bands 70 on each of the bases 56 is extendable around the delivered package 57 that is positioned on the respective base 56 for securing the delivered packet on the respective base 56. Each of the bands 70 is wrapped around a respective one of the retractors 68 in the respective base 56 when the respective retractor rotates in the first direction, and respective retractors 68 rotate in the second direction when the band 70 engaged to the respective retractor 68 is pulled outwardly from the respective base 56. Each of the bands 70 extends outwardly through a respective one of the slots 66 in the perimeter surface 62 of the respective base 56.
Each of the bands 70 has a distal end 72 with respect to the respective base 56 and an outer edge 74, and the outer edge 74 of each of the bands 70 has a first sidelong side 76 and a second sidelong side 78. The plurality of bands 70 on each of the bases 56 includes a pair of first bands 80 and a pair of second bands 82. Each of the first bands 80 on each of the bases 56 has a plurality teeth 84 integrated into the first bands 80, and the teeth 84 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed from the distal end 72 of a respective first band 80 toward the base 56. Each the teeth 84 has a first surface 86 and a second surface 88, and the first surface 86 of each of the teeth 84 extends along a line that is oriented parallel with the distal end 72 of the respective first band 80. Additionally, the second surface 88 of each of the teeth 84 angles away from the distal end 72 of the respective first band 80 such that each of the teeth 84 has a sawtooth shape.
The plurality of teeth 84 on each of the first bands 80 includes a set of first teeth 90 and a set of second teeth 92. Each of the first teeth 90 is disposed on the first sidelong side 76 of the respective first band 80 and each of the second teeth 92 is disposed on the second sidelong side 78 of the respective first band 80. Each of the first bands 80 is positioned on an opposing side of the perimeter surface 62 of the respective base 56 with respect to a respective one of the second bands 82 on the respective base 56.
A plurality of locking units 94 is provided and each of the locking units 94 is disposed on a respective one of the bands 70. Each of the locking units 94 releasably engages a respective one of the bands 70 on the respective base 56 thereby securing each of the bands 70 on the respective base 56 around the delivered package 57 that is positioned on the respective base 56. In this way the plurality of locking units 94 inhibit the delivered package 57 from being removed from the respective base 56 by an unauthorized person. Each of the locking units 94 is unlocked by a key 96 employed by an authorized recipient of the delivered package 57. In this way the locking units 94 facilitate the authorized user to retrieve the delivered package 57.
Each of the locking units 94 comprises a lock housing 98 that has a front wall 100, a back wall 102 and a top wall 104, and the back wall 102 is coupled to the distal end 72 of a respective one of the second bands 82. The front wall 100 has a front slot 106 extending into an interior of the lock housing 98 and the back wall 102 has a back slot 108 extending into the interior of the lock housing 98. The distal end 72 of a respective one of the first bands 80 is insertable into the front slot 106 having the first respective first band 80 extending outwardly through the back slot 108. Each of the locking units 94 includes a pair of engagements 110 and each of the engagements 110 is movably disposed within the lock housing 98. Each of the engagements 110 releasably engages a respective one of the teeth 84 on a respective one of the first sidelong side 76 and the second sidelong side 78 of the respective first band 80 thereby securing the respective first band 80 in the lock housing 98.
The second surface 88 of each of the teeth 84 slides along a respective engagement 110 when the respective first band 80 is extended through the lock housing 98. In this way the respective first band 80 can be tightened around the delivered package 57. The engagement 110 engages the first surface 86 of the respective tooth 84 when the respective first band 80 is pulled outwardly through the front side 44 thereby inhibiting the respective first band 80 from being removed from the lock housing 98. In this way the engagement 110 inhibits the unauthorized person from removing the delivered package 57 from the respective base 56
Each of the locking units 94 includes a release 112 that is movably integrated into the top wall 104 of the lock housing 98 and the release 112 is in mechanical communication with each of the engagements 110. The release 112 has a key hole 114 extending into an exposed surface 116 of the release 112 and the key hole 114 insertably receives the key 96 employed by the authorized user. The release 112 is urgeable into a releasing condition when the key 96 is inserted into the key hole 114. Furthermore, each of the engagements 110 disengages the respective teeth 84 on the respective first band 80 when the release 112 is urged into the releasing condition. In this way the respective first band 80 can be removed from the lock housing 98 to facilitate the authorized user to retrieve the delivered package 57 from the respective base 56.
In use, the delivered package 57 is placed on a respective one of the bases 56 and each of the first bands 80 and the second bands 82 associated with the respective base 56 are wrapped around the delivered package 57. Additionally, each of the first bands 80 is extended through the locking unit 94 on a respective second band 82 to secure each of the first bands 80 and the second bands 82 around the delivered package 57. In this way the delivered package 57 is secured to the respective base 56 and the respective base 56 is secured to the mount housing 12. Thus, the delivered package 57 cannot be stolen by an unauthorized user. The authorized user inserts the key 96 into the key hole 114 on the release 112 on each of the locking units 94 to facilitate the first bands 80 to be removed from the locking units 94. In this way the authorized user can retrieve the delivered package 57 from the respective base 56.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
