Container for mailing a package or a small parcel to be sent or to be received

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9873549-B2
Application number	US-201514845329-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2015
Priority date	Sep 4, 2014
Publication date	Jan 23, 2018
Grant date	Jan 23, 2018

Abstract

A container for mailing a package or a small parcel to be sent or to be received, which container can be fastened to a door of a property, in particular without structural intervention, includes a base element, a lid element by which a mailing can be placed into the container or be removed from the container, and foldable side walls, by which the base element and the lid element are connected to each other. The lid element and the base element are movable against one another, at least in a vertical direction, by folding or at least partially unfolding the foldable side walls. The foldable side walls form a textile tube vertically extending between the base element and the lid element in the unfolded state, the textile tube defining an interior space with an at least substantially horizontal rectangular cross section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container for mailing a package or a small parcel to be sent or to be received, the container comprising:
a base element;
a lid element by which a mailing can be placed into the container or be removed from the container, and
foldable side wails, by which the base element and the lid element are connected to each other;
wherein the lid element and the base element are movable against one another, at least in a vertical direction, by folding or at least partially unfolding the foldable side walls,
wherein the foldable side walls form a textile tube vertically extending between the base element and the lid element in an unfolded state, the textile tube defining an interior space with an at least substantially horizontal rectangular cross section,
wherein the textile tube has four fold lines proceeding vertically between the base element and the lid element,
wherein the fold lines define corner regions of the rectangular cross section, and
wherein each fold line has a stitched fold line edge facing outward with respect to the interior space.

2. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the respective side walls of a first pair of opposite side walls of the foldable side walls respectively have several equidistantly spaced, horizontal fold lines with consecutive alternating fold line edges facing outward and inward with respect to the interior space.

3. The container according to claim 2 , wherein the respective side walls of a second pair of opposite side walls of the foldable side walls respectively have several horizontal fold lines with an outward facing fold line edge,
wherein each of the side wails of the second pair of opposite side walls has at least one field in the vertical direction, and
wherein each of the at least one field has two fold lines crossing in a center point of the field and also in a center point of a horizontal fold line.

4. The container according to claim 3 , wherein at each height at which the side walls of the first pair of side walls has a horizontal fold line, the side walls of the second pair of side walls also have a horizontal fold line.

5. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the foldable side walls comprise fire-and cut-resistant threads.

6. A container for mailing a package or a small parcel to be sent or to be received, the container comprising:
a base element;
a lid element by which a mailing can be placed into the container or be removed from the container, and
foldable side wails, by which the base element and the lid element are connected to each other;
wherein the lid element and the base element are movable against one another, at least in a vertical direction, by folding or at least partially unfolding the foldable side walls,
wherein the foldable side walls form a textile tube vertically extending between the base element and the lid element in an unfolded state, the textile tube defining an interior space with an at least substantially horizontal rectangular cross section, and
wherein the base element comprises a base plate with four vertically upright side walls, wherein the vertically upright side walls are not connected in the edge regions.

7. The container according to claim 6 , wherein a first of the vertically upright side walls has a larger height than at least one other vertically upright side wall.

8. The container according to claim 7 , wherein the first of the vertically upright side walls forms an installation support for the entire container with a vertical orientation of the base element.

9. A container for mailing a package or a small parcel to be sent or to be received, the container comprising:
a base element;
a lid element by which a mailing can be placed into the container or be removed from the container, and
foldable side walls, by which the base element and the lid element are connected to each other;
wherein the lid element and the base element are movable against one another, at least in a vertical direction, by fielding or at least partially unfolding the foldable side walls,
wherein the foldable side walls form a textile tube vertically extending between the base element and the lid element in an unfolded state, the textile tube defining an interior space with an at least substantially horizontal rectangular cross section, and
wherein a textile flap fastening element with at least one thickening is arranged indirectly at the base element above a swivel element arranged in an articulated manner at the base element, wherein the textile flap fastening element can be inserted into a gap between a door leaf and a door frame or a door leaf and a floor.

10. The container according to claim 9 , wherein the swivel element is formed as a U-shaped bracket fastened in an articulated manner to the base element the U-shaped bracket having legs that enclose the base element, and wherein the fastening element can be displaced at the bracket.

11. The container according to claim 10 , wherein the legs of the U-shaped bracket can be adjusted in length, in particular telescopically.

12. The container according to claim 10 , wherein an axis of rotation of the articulation of the U-shaped bracket is arranged at the base element centrally with regard to a width of the base element.

13. The container according to claim 9 , wherein the swivel element is formed of at least 3 individual arms connected to each other in an articulated manner, wherein one of the arms connects the ends of two other arms in an articulated manner.

14. The container according to claim 2 , wherein the side walls of the first pair of opposite side walls respectively have a Liporello fold.

15. The container according to claim 5 , wherein the fire-and cut-resistant threads comprise Kevlar.

16. The container according to claim 7 , wherein the larger height of the first of the vertically upright side walls has a height which substantially corresponds to the height between the bottom surface of the base element and the top surface attic lid element in the folded state of the textile tube.

17. The container according to claim 6 , wherein a textile flap fastening element with at least one thickening is arranged indirectly at the base element above a swivel element arranged in an articulated manner at the base element, wherein the textile flap fastening element can be inserted into a gap between a door leaf and a door frame or a door leaf and a floor, and wherein an axis of rotation of the articulation of two of the four vertically upright side walls is arranged at the base element centrally with regard to a width of the base element.

Assignees

• Deutsche Telekom Ag

Inventors

• Heinz Sebastian
• Windheuser Joerg
• Schmidt-Gabriel Michael
• Scholl Johannes

Classifications

• B65D43/00

  Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers · CPC title

• B65D85/70

  for materials not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B65D81/02

  specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage {(containers of polygonal cross-section provided with internal protecting elements for contents B65D5/50; devices to locate articles in containers B65D25/10)} · CPC title

• A47G2029/144

  the receptacle being transportable and attachable to a building · CPC title

• A47G29/20 Primary

  with appliances for preventing unauthorised removal of the deposited articles · CPC title