Deposit and collection receptacles – Letter boxes – Signals
Patent
1990-04-19
1991-07-23
Gibson, Jr., Robert W.
Deposit and collection receptacles
Letter boxes
Signals
B65D 9100
Patent
active
050336703
ABSTRACT:
A mailbox signal has a base with integral, spaced apart convex projections which cooperate with a spring biased lost motion pivotal connection with a lever to permit the lever to be rotated 360.degree. on the base but releasably hold the lever in any one of four different positions. A reflective plate on the signal indicates the status of the mailbox when the lever is manually rotated to any of its positions. A contoured handle on the lever permits easy rotation of the lever even by a postman in a delivery vehicle.
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