Deposit and collection receptacles – Letter boxes
Patent
1986-02-18
1988-06-28
Weiss, John
Deposit and collection receptacles
Letter boxes
211132, 232 30, B65P 9100
Patent
active
047533854
ABSTRACT:
Extendable trays for use in conventional rural route mailboxes for facilitating the placement and removal of mail with respect thereto wherein the trays are constructed utilizing scored or integrally hinged sheet material which is selectively folded into a generally flat or planar configuration or package for shipping or distribution and which is assembled by a postal customer so as to be of a size and configuration to be cooperatively and slidingly received within a particular mailbox. In one form of the invention, the sheet material may be selectively folded into a number of sizes so that trays of varying dimensions may be formed from the same sheet of material.
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Arnett Joseph W.
Benedict Charles E.
Phipps Colin S.
Thompson William P.
Benedict Engineering Company, Inc.
Weiss John
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