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The present invention relates to a piece of urban furniture whose primary
purpose is to display advertising on supports provided therefor,
illuminated or not, designed, for example, for posters measuring
40.times.60 cm. With reference to the attached drawings, this piece of
furniture is constituted by a main body (3) resting on a bearing base (2).
This body (3) is provided at its upper part with two nested flower stands
(5). This body (3) contains at least one container (7) intended to receive
objects and accessible through a wide door (8). This body (3) comprises on
each of its four faces a display or advertising panel, illuminated or not,
forming an advertising support (11). The door (8) acts as one of the
advertising support faces. This body (3) is topped by an upper volume (4)
of which two faces (9,10) form, each of them, a display panel, illuminated
or not, as an advertising display support. The other faces (20), (21) each
comprise at least one opening through which are introduced the objects to
be received in said furniture. The said upper volume (4) is itself topped
by a ridge roof (13).
The upper part (4) can in one case form a basket receptacle for discarded
newspapers (12), one face of which forms an advertising support and can be
opened to introduce and remove a receptacle (16) resting on the bottom of
the said upper part (4), while the container in the lower part of the body
(3) is a recipient for refuse, filled through two openings (6) disposed in
the horizontal upper part of the said body (3). In another case the upper
part (4) of this furniture constitutes a letter box (12), one face of
which (21) has a large opening (28) for mail of large formate and the
other face (20) on the opposite side, has two openings (26), (27), for
example for local and national mail. This upper part (4) communicates in
its bottom with the body (3) and has, on the inside, a vertical partition
(23) parallel to the faces provided with openings for the various types of
mail and extending down to the lower part (3) to divide the furniture in
two; one of the halves situated on the side of the two openings being
itself provided with a partition (24) perpendicular to the first in order
to subdivide it further into two parts in the upper part (4) alone.
According to another characteristic, in the case of the letter box, the
body (3) is provided on the inside with means of holding three collection
bags (7'), (7"), (7'") for the various sorts of mail. These bags will be
suspended and placed under the openings, inside the body (3) and level
with the upper part of this body (3). There will be two bags side by side,
adjoining the two openings and a large bag on the "printed matter" side.
In a preferred embodiment, the flower stands are disposed on two opposite
sides of the body (3) on either side of the upper volume (4) and on the
sides corresponding to the faces having the openings (17), (26), (27),
(28) of the upper volume (4). According to other characteristics
applicable to the two uses defined above, this furniture can be made of
high-strength, reinforced polyester, although it can also be made of other
materials. This furniture will be connected to the public lighting supply
for electricity when there are illuminated advertising panels.
A detailed description of the nonlimiting modes of embodiment will be
presented with reference to the attached drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic view in perspective of the furniture when used with a
newspaper basket and refuse container according to a first embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a profile view of the furnitute shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the furniture, again when used with a
newspaper basket and refuse container according to a second embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a view corresponding to FIG. 3 in open position.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the furniture applied to the constitution
of a letter box according to a first embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a first wide-angle perspective view showing a second embodiment
of the furniture, again applied to use with a letter box.
FIG. 7 is a view corresponding to FIG. 6 from the opposite side showing the
two smaller openings.
FIG. 8 is a view corresponding to FIG. 7, of the letter box open.
The present furniture is described by a perspective view in FIG. 1 and by a
FIG. 2 showing a simple profile revealing the newspaper basket (12) and
its shelter (13). The perspective view in FIG. 1 shows the various parts
constituting the whole which we will call 1.
These three parts are:
The base (2) which has a diameter larger than the distance separating the
outer faces of the block delimiting the flower stands 5. This feature will
give it perfect stability. Furthermore, the gentle slope of this base
insures an easy runoff of water and prevents stagnation of moisture under
the furniture.
The body (3) proper whose forms can be different. In the case of the model
presented it is a parallelepiped but it can be cylindrical or in some
other shape. In any case, the originality of this body consists in the
regrouping, on its upper face, of two parallel, nested flower stands (5)
and two openings (6), likewise mounted in parallel, which are rectangular
and intended for the discard of refuse. These openings will each be
concealed by a pivoting cover, lavelled "Paper" which every user will have
to raise before dropping an object inside, by means of a handle (14)
provided for the purpose; these covers serving an obvious hygienic
function. The refuse will be collected in a container (7) placed right
inside the body (3) and accesible through a door (8) which can be locked.
To empty it, it is merely necessary to remove the container from the
enclosure and dump the contents into the garbage truck, the key to the
door being in the hands of the services concerned. This container will be
slightly wider than each of the openings marked "Paper" and its length
will be at least the distance separating the two outer ends of these
openings. The door (8) whose lower part will be on the same plane as the
lower face of the body (3), will have an opening sufficient to facilitate
removal of the containter (7).
The flower stands (5) on the lower face, as well as the lower part of the
body (3), will have several perforations to drain off the overflow of
watering or rainwater. On this body (3) there will be installed in
parallel, in pairs, four support panels, illuminated panels, illuminated
or not, for advertising posters of standard dimensions, 40.times.60 cm at
the present time, namely one panel per face.
The upper part (4) composed of two faces (9), (10) mounted in parallel and
perpendicularly to the plane of the upper part of the body (3) on a slight
superelevation (15). These two faces are connected together in such a way
that the whole constitutes a receptacle forming a newspaper basket (12),
the obvious utility of which is described below.
This basket will be covered at a height sufficient to permit the easy
recovery of the old newspapers by a shelter with two planes, each one
slightly inclined toward each opening and projecting on the outside on
either side of the broadest part of this basket, which prevents water from
penetrating to the inside and thus wetting these newspapers. The use of
this basket (12) will be specified by the term "Newspapers". These two
parallel faces (9), (10) will also be provided with support panels
illuminated or not, for advertising posters of the same dimensions as
those installed on the body (3). The two larger faces of the basket (12)
are supports for advertising poster panels and they support a roof (13)
which is a protective cover for this basket (12). This roof (13) has two
inclined sides projecting over the flower stands (5).
The embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3 and 4 is distinguished by a roof with
four sides, gently sloping, of pyramidal shape with a straight lip (22),
which can, however, assume any other peripheral form, terminating in a
"drip" setback. This roof (13), in the case of FIGS. 3 and 4, covers and
encloses an upper volume constituting a basket (12) for newspapers
containing a receptacle (16) equipped with a handle and accessible through
a door (25) that opens with a key identical to the one for door (8) which
can also be furnished to charitable organizations. This door (25) will be
on the same plane as the lower part of this basket (12).
According to other characteristics, it will be noted that in the embodiment
illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4, the base (2) has a rectangular form that is
equal to, but can be larger than the sides of the body (3), which makes
for perfect stability for the furniture. This base (2) can either be
simply placed on the ground after being ballasted, or be fixed to the
ground by means of a system of attachments such as, for example, by four
nuts fully integrated in the inner part of this base (2), whereof the
closed upper part will also have systems of attachment penetrating into
the interior of the body (3) which will thus rest on the base (2). The
value of such a structure of reinforced plastic is that the lower part of
the base (2) of the latter can be cut away to adapt this furniture to
streets on a slope. The openings (6) which have a slight slope inclined
toward the outside of the body (3), have, according to the case of FIGS. 3
and 4, a cover (26) equipped with return springs. This cover (26) will no
longer have the handle (14) illustrated in the case of FIGS. 1 and 2 and
will constitute an overflow-proof flap with an obvious hygienic function.
According to another characteristic with receptacle (7) will be equipped
with a handle enabling it to be easily pulled out and hoisted manually and
mechanically in order to empty its contents into the garbage truck.
In every figure showing the upper part of the body (3) we note two flower
stands (5) constituted by receptacles with water reservoir which are fixed
in a receptacle emplacement forming part of the mass of the body (3); a
clip system allowing the receptacle with water reservoir to be locked or
unlocked from the inside of the body (3) in order to prevent the theft of
these flower stands (5). The receptacle emplacement on the flower stand
(5) has an orifice connected to a pipe to drain off excess water toward
the lower part of the body, outside on the base (2).
In the case of FIGS. 3 and 4, we note that the upper part or volume (4) of
the body (3) appears in the form of an entirely closed parallelepiped with
two openings (17) projecting from each of the faces (20), (21) into which
newspapers can be thrown. These openings (17) have a fixed part (19) on
which the seal of the city can be placed, and a mobile part (18) to be
raised in order not to encourage the discard of refuse and marked
"Newspapers". This mobile part (18) serves as a protective cover against
rain or wash water in particular. Nevertheless, the inner bottom of the
basket (12), along faces (20), (21), will have a pipe serving as a drain
to the lower part of the body (3) on base (2), to assist in carrying off
any water that may enter through the access openings (17).
FIG. 5 illustrates the furniture used as a letter box according to a first
embodiment. The base (2) and body (3) parts are similar to those described
in reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. But the upper part of the body (3) lacks
the openings (6). In the case of FIG. 5, the letter box (12) which is
nested between the two flower stands over the entire width of the body (3)
is fixed by screws, at points provided for the purpose, in the upper part
of the body (3). This letter box (12) for public use, is high enough so
that its two larger faces may each support a support panel for advertising
posters. This letter box will be protected by a roof (13) with two
inclined sides whose lips will project sufficiently beyond the four faces
of this letter box so that the access openings for letters, for example
for Paris and Greater Paris (26) and for the provinces (27), placed on one
of the narrower faces of this letter box will be well protected from rain
and wash water. The access opening (28) for printed matter and large-sized
envelopes, placed on the face opposite the one for access openings (26),
(27) will also be protected by the roof (13). The access openings (27),
(28) will have on the outside, facing the public, over their entire
perimeter, a projecting part preventing water from penetrating to the
interior. The access openings will open at an angle which, by reason of
the inclination of the sides of the roof, will nevertheless facilitate the
insertion of mail.
Again in the case of FIG. 5, this letter box will be divided, in its widest
direction, that is to say parallel to the access openings (26), (27),
(28), vertically into two compartments. One compartment thus constituted,
connected to the outside by accedss opening (28), will be reserved, as a
result of its substantial volume, for printed matter and envelopes of
large dimensions. This compartment is reached and emptied through a door
placed under the access opening (28); the other compartment, situated on
the side of access openings (26), (27), is divided in two so as to form
two more compartments in order to distinguish between mail destined, for
example, for Paris and Greater Paris, connected with the outside through
access opening (26), and mail destined for the provinces, connected to the
outside through access opening (27). These two compartments will be
reached through a single door. The embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 6, 7,
and 8 is distinguished by a roof (13) identical in form and
characteristics to those illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4. This embodiment is
also distinguished by the fact that it is the opposite faces (9), (10)
which become display supports, illuminated or not, for advertising posters
of 40.times.60 cm, for example, while face (20) illustrated in FIG. 7 has
two access openings (26), (27), for example for mail to Paris and Greater
Paris, and for provincial mail, and face (21), illustrated in FIG. 6, has
a large access opening (28) for large-format mail. According to another
characteristic, illulstrated in FIG. 8, the upper part (4), which
communicates at the bottom with the body (3) has, on the inside, a
vertical partition parallel to the faces provided with openings and
extending into the lower part (3) to divide the furniture in two, one of
the halves situated on the side with the two openings, being itself
provided with a partition perpendicular to the first to subdivide it again
in the upper part (4) into two parts. In this case the body (3) is
provided on the inside with rod-type holding means (29) for three bags
(7'), (7"), (7'") for collecting the different types of mail. These bags
will be suspended on these rods (29) by means of hooks (30) and placed
under the openings in the body (3) at the height of the upper part of this
body (3). There will be two bags (7'), (7") side by side, on the side with
the two openings (26), (27) and one large bag (7'") on the side with the
large access opening (28).
This furniture which has a utilitarian function (collector of refuse or
mail), an ecological and decorative function (flower stands, cleanliness),
and a benevolent function (recovery of newspapers, easy mailing), also has
a safety function, since it can participate in street lighting by the
illumination of its six advertising faces when they are made luminous.
This furniture, whose primary function is the leasing of the six
advertising panels, is intended for placement on the streets or in certain
private locations, with the consent of the authorities concerned.
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