DELIVERY DOOR

• US 20140190081A1
• Filed: 01/06/2014
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samuel Solomon Wanjohi
• Original Assignee: Samuel Solomon Wanjohi
• Inventors: Wanjohi, Samuel Solomon
• Granted Patent: US 9,926,737 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 49/25
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 2029/149 with central server link
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 29/126 Lids for access slits
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 29/141 comprising electronically controlled locking means
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 29/22 having rotatable or reciprocable parts
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 1/52 Frames specially adapted for doors
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 2009/6818 using sensors
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/36 with a single vertical axis of rotation at one side of the opening, or swinging through the opening wings requiring lifting before opening E06B3/52
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/16 Sealing arrangements on wings or parts co-operating with the wings specially adapted for fireproof or similar closures E06B5/164; E06B7/098 takes precedence ; fixed sealing joints E04B1/68; devices for fitting sealing strips E04F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/32 Serving doors; Passing-through doors ; Pet-doors
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/04 of wing type, e.g. revolving or sliding trap doors; louvre doors or windows E06B7/08
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/11 Roller shutters
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 9/68 Operating devices or mechanisms, e.g. with electric drive

Abstract

A delivery door may include a frame having a slot, an interior flange and an exterior flange. A panel may be attached to the frame and comprise a closed configuration and an open configuration. A securing device may be connected to the frame and the panel. The securing device may be a remote accessed internet enabled lock assembly. In certain embodiments, the panel may have a handle and a stopper. The panel may also be motorized. The delivery door may include a receptacle attached to the internal flange and the frame. The delivery door may be attached to a cut out portion of the structure. The securing device may be controlled from a wireless device.

Claims

1. A delivery door comprising:

a frame having a slot, an interior flange and an exterior flange;

a panel that connects to the frame, wherein the panel comprises an opened configuration and a closed configuration; and

a securing device connected to the frame and the panel.

2. The delivery door of claim 1, further comprising a handle attached to the panel.

3. The delivery door of claim 1, further comprising a stopper attached to the panel.

4. The delivery door of claim 1, wherein the securing device comprises a remote accessed internet enabled lock assembly.

5. The delivery door of claim 4, wherein the remote accessed internet enabled lock assembly is controlled from a wireless device.

6. The delivery door of claim 5, wherein the remote accessed internet enabled lock assembly comprises a remote accessed internet enabled lock, wherein the remote accessed internet enabled lock comprises a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the locked position comprises a part of the remote accessed internet enabled lock assembly making contact with a lock receiver attached to the panel, wherein the unlocked position comprises breaking contact with the lock receiver on the panel.

7. The delivery door of claim 1, further comprising a receptacle attached to the internal flange and the frame.

8. The delivery door of claim 1, further comprising at least one weatherproof seal along an outside edge of the frame and external flange.

9. The delivery door of claim 1, wherein the panel is hingely connected to the frame.

10. The delivery door of claim 1, wherein the panel is a roller shutter.

11. The delivery door of claim 1, wherein the panel movement is motorized.

12. A delivery door comprising:

a frame having a slot, an interior flange and an exterior flange;

a panel comprising a stopper and a handle, wherein the panel connects to the frame, wherein the panel comprises an opened configuration and a closed configuration; and

a remote accessed internet enabled lock assembly connected to the frame and the panel, wherein the remote accessed internet enabled lock assembly is controlled by a wireless device.

13. A method of allowing delivery access to a secured area through a closed structure without granting access to the person delivering a parcel comprising:

producing a cutout on a structure;

fitting a delivery door into the cutout on the structure, wherein the delivery door comprises a frame having a slot, an interior flange and an exterior flange;

a panel that moves along the slot of the frame, wherein the panel has a handle and a stopper; and

a remote accessed internet enabled lock assembly connected to the frame and the panel, wherein the remote accessed internet enabled lock comprises a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the locked position comprises a part of the remote accessed internet enabled lock assembly making contact with a lock receiver attached to the panel, wherein the unlocked position comprises breaking contact with the lock receiver on the panel;

communicating with and operating the remote accessed internet enabled lock using a wireless device through a program product including a machine-readable program code;

registering a delivery;

notifying an individual in possession of the wireless device that a delivery is requested;

shifting the remote accessed internet enabled lock to the unlocked configuration using the wireless device;

opening the panel and placing the parcel inside of the structure;

closing the panel; and

shifting the remote accessed internet enabled lock to the locked configuration from the wireless device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the panel movement is motorized.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of placing the parcel into a receptacle attached to the internal flange and the frame.