Deposit and collection receptacles – Letter boxes
Patent
1985-10-23
1987-03-17
Mancene, Gene
Deposit and collection receptacles
Letter boxes
232 30, 232 434, B65D 9100
Patent
active
046501134
ABSTRACT:
A mailbox has the usual hinged door on the roadside end and a special hinged cover which normally closes a back access opening through which mail may be removed. The back access opening extends through the top, back end and both sides of the mailbox to facilitate access to the mail when the cover is open. The cover includes transparent panels on its back end and top so that the contents of the mailbox are visible from the end which faces the house but are not visible to passersby from the roadside end. The mail is received on a tilting floor panel which assumes an inclined orientation when the door is closed to make the mailbox contents visible from a considerable distance. The floor panel is transparent so that pieces of mail which may become lodged beneath it are visible.
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Mancene Gene
Weiss John G.
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