Device for emergency deployment of a post office
OwnerJoe Parettiinventor
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Abstract
A portable post office contained within an intermodal container is disclosed. Such a structure may include a rack movably secured to a track mounted in the ceiling of said container via a trolley. The rack may be configured to hold a plurality of post office boxes, each box having a lockable door facing the center aisle of the container, and an open end facing the rear of the rack. The rack may be positioned against an interior side wall of the container and secured in place via a locking mechanism to prevent access to the open ends of the post office boxes. An individual may release the locking mechanism and move the rack into the center aisle along the track to access the open ends of the post office boxes. The rack member may then be moved back along the track and re-secured against the side wall.
Claims16
A portable post office, comprising:
- a portable container having a left side wall, a right side wall, a top wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, a front wall, a rear wall, and a center aisle between said left wall and said right wall and below said inner surface of said top wall;
- a door through said front wall configured to allow ingress to and egress from said post office;
- a track member attached to said inner surface of said top wall such that said track member is perpendicular to said left side wall and said right side wall;
- a rack member movably secured to said track member by a trolley and having a front side facing said center aisle and a back side opposite said front side;
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- a locking mechanism,
- wherein said rack member comprises a plurality of boxes, each box having a lockable door facing said center aisle and an open side opposite said lockable door;
- wherein said rack member is mounted with said back side facing said left side wall and configured to move along said track member via said trolley such that said rack member can be positioned against said left side wall or moved away from said left side wall into said center aisle;
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- wherein said locking mechanism is configured to secure said rack member against said left side wall such that a person cannot access said open sides of the plurality of boxes.
A portable post office, comprising:
- a portable container having a left side wall, a right side wall, a top wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, a front wall, a rear wall, and a center aisle between said left wall and said right wall and below said inner surface of said top wall;
- a door through said front wall configured to allow ingress to and egress from said post office;
- a track member attached to said inner surface of said top wall such that said track member is perpendicular to said left side wall and said right side wall;
- a rack member movably secured to said track member by a trolley and having a front side facing said center aisle and a back side opposite said front side;
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- a locking mechanism,
- wherein said rack member comprises a plurality of boxes, each box having a lockable door facing said center aisle and an open side opposite said lockable door;
- wherein said rack member is mounted with said back side facing said right side wall and configured to move along said track member via said trolley such that said rack member can be positioned against said right side wall or moved away from said right side wall into said center aisle;
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- wherein said locking mechanism is configured to secure said rack member against said right side wall such that a person cannot access said open sides of the plurality of boxes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.