Door with built in collapsible safe box
AssigneeEco Earth Holdings, Inc.
InventorAnthony Chiappetta
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Abstract
A door having a collapsible safe box that can be deployed to receive an item or package and automatically transfer it to inside a room. The collapsible safe box may include protractible and retractable side member, bottom member, and lid. The collapsible safe box may include one or more electronic devices to monitor and operate the functioning of the safe box. In examples, the door may include an opening at a rear portion of the collapsible safe box and a door hatch for opening and closing the opening as the collapsible safe box is retracted and protracted.
Claims21
1-41. (canceled)
A door assembly comprising:
- a collapsible safe box movable between a collapsed configuration and a deployed configuration, the collapsible safe box including:
- at least one protractible and retractable side member,
- a protractible and retractable lid,
- a protractible and retractable bottom member,
- a roller configured to wind and unwind the protractible and retractable bottom member, and
- a reel or cog operably connected to the roller;
- an opening aligned with an internal portion of the safe box;
- and
- a door hatch operably connected to the reel or cog and configured to close the opening when the safe box is in the deployed configuration,
- wherein the reel or cog is configured to cause the door hatch to move between an open position and a closed position in response to movement of the safe box between the collapsed configuration and the deployed configuration.
A collapsible safe box movable between a collapsed configuration and a deployed configuration, comprising:
- at least one protractible and retractable side member;
- a protractible and retractable lid;
- a protractible and retractable bottom member;
- a roller configured to wind and unwind the protractible and retractable bottom member;
- and
- a reel or cog operably connected to the roller and comprising an engagement interface configured to mechanically couple with an access panel,
- wherein the reel or cog is configured to cause the access panel to move between an open position and a closed position in response to movement of the safe box between the collapsed configuration and the deployed configuration.
A method of operating a door assembly having a collapsible safe box, comprising:
- providing a door comprising:
- a collapsible safe box movable between a collapsed configuration and a deployed configuration, the collapsible safe box including:
- at least one protractible and retractable side member,
- a protractible and retractable lid,
- a protractible and retractable bottom member,
- a roller configured to wind and unwind the protractible and retractable bottom member, and
- a reel or cog operably connected to the roller,
- an opening aligned with an internal portion of the safe box, and
- a door hatch operably connected to the reel or cog;
- moving the collapsible safe box from the collapsed configuration to the deployed configuration, thereby causing:
- the roller to unwind the protractible and retractable bottom member,
- the at least one protractible and retractable side member to extend,
- the protractible and retractable lid to extend, and
- the reel or cog to move the door hatch from an open position to a closed position to close the opening.
A method of deploying a collapsible safe box, comprising:
- providing a collapsible safe box comprising:
- at least one protractible and retractable side member,
- a protractible and retractable lid,
- a protractible and retractable bottom member,
- a roller configured to wind and unwind the protractible and retractable bottom member, and
- a reel or cog operably connected to the roller and comprising an engagement interface configured to mechanically couple with an access panel;
- coupling the engagement interface of the reel or cog to the access panel;
- and
- moving the collapsible safe box from a collapsed configuration to a deployed configuration, thereby causing the roller to unwind the protractible and retractable bottom member and causing the reel or cog to move the access panel from an open position to a closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.