JPH0453753Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a mailbox, and more specifically, to a technique that facilitates the insertion of mail while preventing the mail from being seen through the inlet.

[Background Art] Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 5, mail is thrown into a mailbox by pushing up the swinging lid 3' rearward. If the mail slot is of a movable type, it is easy for people to see through it, and for this reason the slot is made with a small swag, but even with a swag, it is not possible to prevent peeping, and it is still difficult to insert the mail. There were other problems, such as making it difficult to view the screen and requiring the anti-peeping plates to be placed high up and down.

[Purpose of the invention] The present invention was created in view of these problems, and its purpose is to create a mailbox that makes it easy to insert mail while also being able to reliably prevent prying eyes. The purpose is to provide the box.

[Disclosure of the Invention] The mailbox of the present invention is a rectangular tubular mailbox body 1 that is open at the front and rear, and has a front opening 2 with a front lid 12 that is inclined downward at an upper edge of the front opening 2, and a front cover 3 having side cover plates 4, 4 is pivotally attached to the lower edge of the front opening 2 so that it can swing back and forth only within a certain range.
The upper edges of the side cover plates 4, 4 and the lower edge of the eaves 12 form an insertion port 5 that opens substantially obliquely upward.
A peep prevention plate 7 is provided at the upper edge of the rear opening 6 of the receiving box body 1.
The above object is achieved by constructing the box in this manner. In other words, by pivotally mounting the front cover 3 having the side cover plates 4, 4 to the lower edge of the front opening 2 of the main body 1 of the box so as to be freely swingable back and forth within a certain range, the insertion opening 5 can be opened at an approximately upward angle, greatly reducing the visibility to the rear, and thus preventing peeking.
This widens the width of the mail slot 5, making it easy to insert mail, and yet, since the anti-peep plate 7 is suspended from the upper edge of the rear opening 6, it is possible to reliably prevent peeps from appearing. Furthermore, the member that is rotated to form the mail slot is a bottomless, bottomless, horizontal cross section of a roughly U-shape with side cover plates formed on both sides of the front cover, and the opening operation to form the mail slot is light and easy to perform, and in particular, by providing a visor 12 that is inclined diagonally downward on the upper edge of the front opening 2, peeps from appearing can be prevented at the visor 12, and the visor 1 can be used to prevent peeps from appearing.
2 is designed to prevent rainwater from entering and hands from getting in.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

A front lid 3, which has approximately fan-shaped side lid plates 4, 4 bent at the lower edge of the front opening 2 of a rectangular cylindrical receiving box main body 1 with front and rear openings, is pivoted via a hinge 8 so as to be swingable back and forth. By holding the handle 10 of the front cover 3 and swinging the front cover 3 forward, the front cover 3 and the upper edges of the side cover plates 4 and 4 are connected to each other by swinging the front cover 3 forward. , front opening 2 of receiving box body 1
The upper edge of the slot 5 forms a slot 5 that opens substantially diagonally upward, and mail can be input through the slot 5 that opens diagonally upward.
A stopper 9 is projected from the rear edge of the side cover plate 4 to prevent the front cover 3 from opening and swinging forward beyond a certain level, thereby preventing theft of inserted mail. A stop 11 is provided on the front edge of the side cover plate 4 so that the front cover 3 can close the front opening 2 of the receiving box body 1. An eaves 12 extends diagonally downward from the upper edge of the front opening 2.
This eaves 12 is unnecessary if the mailbox A is used indoors. A peep prevention plate 7 is suspended from the upper edge of the rear opening 6 of the receiving box body 1.
The lower part of the anti-peeping plate 7 extends diagonally rearward. As shown in FIG. 2, the mailbox A constructed in this manner is embedded, for example, in an opening in the wall 13 of the entrance, and the mail is placed on the top plate of the shoe rack 14.

In this way, by pivoting the front lid 3 having the side lid plates 4, 4 to the lower edge of the front opening 2 of the receiving box body 1 so as to be able to swing back and forth over a certain range, the input port 5 can be substantially closed. By opening diagonally upward, the visibility to the rear is greatly reduced, and by eliminating the visibility to the rear in this way, prying eyes are prevented, and by this, the width of the slot 5 is widened to allow mail to be inserted. Easy and yet rear opening 6
By hanging the anti-peeping plate 7 from the upper edge, even if you look through the slot 5, you can only see the floor.
This will ensure that no one can peep.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment, in which the rear opening 6 is provided with an opening/closing lid 15.

[Effects of the invention] In summary, the present invention has a front lid having side lid plates that is pivoted to the lower edge of the front opening of the receiving box body so as to be able to swing back and forth over a certain range. The opening can be opened almost diagonally upward, greatly reducing visibility to the rear. Eliminating visibility to the rear in this way prevents prying eyes, and this increases the width of the input slot to allow mail to be collected. Since the anti-peeping plate is suspended from the upper edge of the rear opening, it is possible to reliably prevent prying eyes, and the member that is rotated to form the input opening is placed in the front. Side lid plates are formed on both sides of the lid, and the horizontal cross section is approximately U-shaped, with no bottom, making it easy to open the opening to form the inlet. Since the eaves slanting diagonally downward is provided on the upper edge of the opening, there are advantages in that the eaves can prevent prying eyes, and the eaves can prevent rainwater from entering and hands from entering.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the same, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the invention. The figure is a cross-sectional view of a conventional example, where 1 is the receiving box body, 2 is the front opening, 3 is the front lid, 4 is the side lid plate, 5 is the slot, 6 is the rear opening, and 7 is the anti-peeping plate. .

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A rectangular cylindrical receiving box body with front and rear openings has an eave that slopes diagonally downward on the upper edge of the front opening, and the front lid, which has a side lid plate on the lower edge of the front opening, can be swung back and forth within a certain range. The receiving box is configured so that it can pivot freely and when the front cover swings forward, the upper edges of the front cover and side cover plates and the lower edge of the eaves form a slot that opens approximately diagonally upward. A mailbox consisting of a peep-prevention plate hanging from the upper edge of the rear opening of the main body.