US 12,144,448 B1
Parcel receptacle assembly installable on a garage door or other structure
Douglas McCollum, Gilbert, AZ (US)
Filed by Douglas McCollum, Gilbert, AZ (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/705,667.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/169,154, filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Int. Cl. A47G 29/28 (2006.01); A47G 29/14 (2006.01); A47G 29/20 (2006.01); E06B 7/32 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 29/28 (2013.01) [A47G 29/141 (2013.01); A47G 29/20 (2013.01); E06B 7/32 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A parcel receptacle assembly to facilitate secure and weatherproof delivery of items from an outside of an enclosure to an inside of the enclosure, comprising:
a frame assembly, comprising a frame opening extending through the frame assembly;
a movable closure mountable to the frame assembly and selectively deployable between a closed position over the frame opening and an open position to expose the frame opening; and
a parcel receptacle mountable to the frame assembly, the parcel receptacle comprising a rear panel, a pair of spaced-apart side panels and a top panel, wherein the rear panel, the side panels and the top panel have a caged construction, wherein each of the rear panel, the side panels and the top panel comprises a respective panel frame and a respective plurality of panel members spanning the panel frame; wherein
the parcel receptacle assembly is configured to adopt a usage configuration in which the frame assembly is mounted to a partition which separates the outside of an enclosure from an inside of the enclosure, with the frame assembly deployed around an opening formed in the partition and with the frame opening aligned with the opening of the partition, and in which the parcel receptacle is mounted to the frame assembly on an interior side of the partition and is deployed on the inside of the enclosure, the parcel receptacle defining a receptacle access opening in spatial communication with an interior space of the parcel receptacle, and further in which the receptacle access opening is arranged in spatial communication with the frame opening of the frame assembly for receiving at least one parcel in the interior space of the parcel receptacle through the frame opening from outside the enclosure with the movable closure arranged in the open position, and further in which the rear panel is spaced apart from the frame assembly on the interior side of the partition, and the side panels and top panel extend between the rear panel and the frame assembly on the interior side of the partition.