Deposit and collection receptacles – Closures and chutes – Letter box
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-24
2008-10-28
Miller, William L. (Department: 3677)
Deposit and collection receptacles
Closures and chutes
Letter box
C070S160000, C070S417000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07441696
ABSTRACT:
A locking mechanism for a theft resistant mailbox includes a door assembly. A door is affixed to a frame by at least one pivot point. A cam includes a lever rotatably engaged to a fixed surface at a mounting point and defines a cutout oriented to be removably engaged to a striker attached to a separate surface abutting the fixed surface to form a lock for the door upon urging of the cam along an angle of rotation defined about the mounting point. An anti-pry plate is attached to the fixed surface and juxtapositioned about the cam throughout the angle of rotation by which the lock is effected. The fixed surface includes one of the frame and the door. The separate surface includes an other one of the frame and the door. The fixed surface and the separate surface are provided independent of the at least one pivot point.
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Inouye Patrick J. S.
Miller William L.
Wittman Krista A.
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