Drive-up mail distribution, storage and pick-up assembly
OwnerGlen E. Chapmaninventor
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Abstract
A drive-up mail distribution, storage and pick-up assembly comprising a plurality of mail boxes, the boxes arranged in horizontal rows and vertical columns and retained in the assembly in an outer frame, each box defined by a central storage container bound at opposite ends by a lockable front door and rear access opening, the front doors of the boxes facing outward at heights above ground accessible from the window adjacent the driver of the vehicle.
Claims22
A drive-up mail distribution, storage and pick-up assembly comprising:
- a) a plurality of mail boxes, said boxes arranged in horizontal rows and retained in a frame including a front panel, each said box able to be accessed for loading with mail and including a lockable front door on said boxes opening from said front panel;
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- b) a driveway including a surface over which a motor vehicle may pass, said motor vehicle of the type having a driver operating said vehicle from a seat located therein, said driveway arranged in such close proximity to said front panel of said assembly that the driver of said vehicle can reach out from said vehicle and open and close said mail box front door without having to leave the vehicle;
- c) wherein the vertical distance between said driveway surface and said horizontal rows of said mail boxes is in a range of measurement at various heights above said driveway surface substantially commensurate with various heights at which the driver or passenger can reach from different types of vehicles to a particular row of said mail boxes.
A drive-up mail distribution, storage and pick-up system comprising:
- a) two assemblies of mail boxes, each assembly comprising a plurality of mail boxes, said boxes arranged in horizontal rows and retained in said assembly in a frame including a front panel, each said box able to be accessed for loading with mail and including a lockable front door, wherein said front doors of each said assembly lie in separate vertical planes that are spaced-apart and parallel to each other and wherein said front mail box doors of each assembly face mutually outward in opposite directions from each other;
- b) a driveway including a surface over which a motor vehicle may pass, said motor vehicle of the type having a driver operating said vehicle from a seat located therein, said driveway arranged in such close proximity to said front panel of each said assembly that the driver of said vehicle can reach out from said vehicle and open and close said mail box front door without having to leave the vehicle;
- c) wherein the vertical distance between said driveway surface and said horizontal rows of said mail boxes is in a range of measurement at various heights above said driveway surface substantially commensurate with various heights at which the driver or passenger can reach from different types of vehicles to a particular row of said mail boxes.
A drive-up mail distribution, storage and pick-up system comprising:
- a) a plurality of units mounted in an existing outside wall of a building, each unit comprising two assemblies of mail boxes, each assembly comprising a plurality of mail boxes, said boxes arranged in horizontal rows and retained in said assembly in a frame including a front panel, each said box able to be accessed for loading with mail and including a lockable front door, where said front doors of each said assembly lie in separate vertical planes that are spaced-apart and parallel to each other and wherein said front mail box doors of each said assembly face mutually outward from said wall in opposite directions from each other;
- b) a driveway including a surface over which a motor vehicle may pass, said motor vehicle of the type having a driver operating said vehicle from a seat located therein, said driveway arranged in such close proximity to said front panel of said assembly that the driver of said vehicle can reach out from said vehicle and open and close said mail box front door without having to leave the vehicle;
- c) wherein the vertical distance between said driveway surface and said horizontal rows of said mail boxes is in a range of measurement at various heights above said driveway surface substantially commensurate with various heights at which the driver or passenger can reach from different types of vehicles to a particular row of said mail boxes.
A drive-up mail distribution, storage and pick-up system comprising:
- a) a plurality of units, mounted in a new wall outside of a building, each unit comprising two assemblies of mail boxes, said boxes arranged in horizontal rows and retained in said assembly in a frame including a front panel, each said box able to be accessed for loading with mail and including a lockable front door, where said front doors of each said assembly lie in separate vertical planes that are spaced-apart and parallel to each other and wherein said front mail box doors of each assembly face mutually outward from said wall in opposite directions from each other;
- b) a driveway including a surface over which a motor vehicle may pass, said motor vehicle of the type having a driver operating said vehicle from a seat located therein, said driveway arranged in such close proximity to said front panel of said assembly that the driver of said vehicle can reach out from said vehicle and open and close said mail box front door without having to leave the vehicle;
- c) wherein the vertical distance between said driveway surface and said horizontal rows of said mail boxes is in a range of measurement at various heights above said driveway surface substantially commensurate with various heights at which the driver or passenger can reach from different types of vehicles to a particular row of said mail boxes.
A drive-up mail distribution, storage and pick-up system comprising:
- a) a plurality of units, each unit comprising two assemblies of mail boxes, each assembly mounted in a new outside wall of a building, each comprising a plurality of mail boxes, said boxes arranged in horizontal rows and retained in said assembly in a frame including a front panel, each said box able to be accessed for loading with mail and including a lockable front door, where said front doors of each said assembly lie in separate vertical planes that are spaced-apart and parallel to each other and wherein said front mail box doors of each assembly face mutually outward in opposite directions from each other;
- b) a driveway including a surface over which a motor vehicle may pass, said motor vehicle of the type having a driver operating said vehicle from a seat located therein, said driveway arranged in such close proximity to said front panel of said assembly that the driver of said vehicle can reach out from said vehicle and open and close said mail box front door without having to leave the vehicle;
- c) wherein the vertical distance between said driveway surface and said horizontal rows of said mail boxes is in a range of measurement at various heights above said driveway surface substantially commensurate with various heights at which the driver or passenger can reach from different types of vehicles to a particular row of said mail boxes.
A drive-up mail distribution, storage and pick-up system comprising:
- a) a plurality of units, each unit comprising two assemblies of mail boxes mounted along a new wall constructed apart from a building, each assembly comprising a plurality of mail boxes, said boxes arranged in horizontal rows and retained in a frame including a front panel, each said box able to be accessed for loading with mail and including a lockable front door, where said front doors of each said assembly lie in separate vertical planes that are spaced-apart and parallel to each other and wherein said front mail box doors of each assembly face mutually outward in opposite directions from each other;
- b) a driveway including a surface over which a motor vehicle may pass, said motor vehicle of the type having a driver operating said vehicle from a seat located therein, said driveway arranged in such close proximity to said front panel of said assembly that the driver of said vehicle can reach out from said vehicle and open and close said mail box front door without having to leave the vehicle;
- c) wherein the vertical distance between said driveway surface and said horizontal rows of said mail boxes is in a range of measurement at various heights above said driveway surface substantially commensurate with various heights at which the driver or passenger can reach from different types of vehicles to a particular row of said mail boxes.
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