Combination outdoor furniture and locking package storage
OwnerGary Vasquez, Laurie Vasquezinventors
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Abstract
A secure package receptacle is a combination outdoor furniture and locking package storage. Outdoor furniture is often placed near a home entry and provides useful seating and does not draw attention to the locking package storing. A seat portion provides a locking storage area for bulky packages and a backrest portion provides a second locking storage area for flat packages. Each locking storage area is lockable using a common padlock, pushbutton lock lockable by a delivery driver and unlockable by a homeowner using a key, or any other lock unlockable by a homeowner. A base of the secure package receptacle includes space for solid or liquid weight to make it difficult to remove. Features are included to secure the secure package receptacle to a wall.
Claims16
A secure package receptacle, comprising:
- a seat portion;
- a seat portion interior;
- a seat portion door;
- a seat portion lock securing the seat portion door in a closed position preventing removing packages from the seat portion interior, the seat portion lock unlockable to allow opening the seat portion door to place the packages into the seat portion interior and unlockable to allow opening the seat portion door to remove packages from the seat portion interior;
- a backrest portion attached to and extending above a rear of the seat portion;
- a backrest portion interior;
- a backrest portion door;
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- a backrest portion lock securing the backrest portion door in a closed position preventing removing packages from the backrest portion interior, the backrest portion lock unlockable to allow opening the backrest portion door to place the packages into the backrest portion interior and unlockable to allow opening the backrest portion door to remove packages from the backrest portion interior.
The secure package receptacle, comprising:
- a seat portion;
- a seat portion interior;
- a seat portion door;
- a seat portion padlock securing the seat portion door in a closed position preventing removing packages from the seat portion interior, a seat portion padlock unlockable to allow opening the seat portion door to place the packages into the seat portion interior and unlockable to allow opening the seat portion door to remove packages from the seat portion interior;
- a backrest portion attached to and extending above a rear of the seat portion;
- a backrest portion interior;
- a backrest portion door;
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- a backrest portion padlock securing the backrest portion door in a closed position preventing removing packages from the backrest portion interior, the backrest portion padlock unlockable to allow opening the backrest portion door to place the packages into the backrest portion interior and unlockable to allow opening the backrest portion door to remove packages from the backrest portion interior.
A secure package receptacle, comprising:
- a seat portion;
- a seat portion interior;
- a seat portion door;
- a seat portion lock securing the seat portion door in a closed position preventing removing packages from the seat portion interior, the seat portion lock unlockable to allow opening the seat portion door to place the packages into the seat portion interior and unlockable to allow opening the seat portion door to remove packages from the seat portion interior;
- a backrest portion attached to and extending above a rear of the seat portion;
- a backrest portion interior;
- a backrest portion door;
- a backrest portion lock securing the backrest portion door in a closed position preventing removing packages from the backrest portion interior, the backrest portion lock unlockable to allow opening the backrest portion door to place the packages into the backrest portion interior and unlockable to allow opening the backrest portion door to remove packages from the backrest portion interior;
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- the seat portion lock and the backrest portion locks are fixed to the secure package receptacle, the seat portion lock and the backrest portion locks each comprising:
- a right and left manually movable latch held in position by friction;
- a catch engageable by the latch to lock the seat portion door or the backrest portion door;
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- a key operated finger engageable with the latch to disengage the latch from the catch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.