Deposit and collection receptacles – Letter boxes – Signals
Patent
1998-11-19
1999-10-12
Melius, Terry Lee
Deposit and collection receptacles
Letter boxes
Signals
232 17, 116173, B65D 9100
Patent
active
059644010
ABSTRACT:
A mail box indicator system includes a flag post having a flag attached to the post by a removable collar. The post is further attached to an elbow member by a coil. The elbow member is attachable to wall of a mail box. The coil urges the post into a substantially vertical position. A retention assembly is provided for holding the post in a substantially horizontal orientation when in a set position. The retention assembly is attached to the door of the mail box such that the post disengages the retention assembly when the mail box door is opened. In an alternate embodiment, the mail box indicating system includes a spacer to selectively position the post retention assembly in spaced relationship to the mail box door such that a mail box protrusion proximate the mail box door does not interfere with engagement of the post to the post retention assembly. The elbow member is attachable to the mail box using a bolt and nut holding a pair of rubber washers around a wall of the mail box. Preferably, a pair of metal washers are positioned around the rubber washers.
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Melius Terry Lee
Miller William L.
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