Deposit and collection receptacles – Letter boxes – Signals
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-18
2007-09-18
Miller, William L. (Department: 3677)
Deposit and collection receptacles
Letter boxes
Signals
Reexamination Certificate
active
11786080
ABSTRACT:
A two-part mail delivery alert flag with a spring-loaded hinge and a signal flag member having a bent tailpiece, a broad width dimension, and a narrowed distal end that is inserted between the mailbox's outside surface and the lip of its door, when the door is fully closed. After a mail carrier approaches the mailbox and opens the door, the signal flag member is immediately released and rotates into an easily visible deployed position substantially perpendicular to the mailbox's outside surface. The mail alert flag operates independently from the flag typically used on the right side of a mailbox to alert the mail carrier to the presence of outgoing mail. Further, it can be mounted in almost any top or lateral position on the outside surface of the mailbox where it would be readily visible to the person typically expected to monitor mail delivery from a remote location.
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