Deposit and collection receptacles – Letter boxes – Signals
Patent
1988-12-20
1990-09-04
Gibson, Jr., Robert W.
Deposit and collection receptacles
Letter boxes
Signals
232 34, D65D 9100, A47G 2912
Patent
active
049537830
ABSTRACT:
A mailbox signal device for use in combination with rural type mailboxes which are configured with a door having a rearwardly extending flange; or, a door protected by a forwardly protruding hood. The signal device consists of a piece of strong wire or light rod with an eye formed on the rear end and a signal flag of flexible material attached near the front end. The device is loosely attached through the eye of the rod utilizing an existing mounting bolt on and near the rear end of the mailbox. the signal device is free to fall by gravity into a vertical position when triggered by opening the mailbox door. The signal device is made in two configurations. The first has a straight front end. When cocked, it rest on the tab formed on the flange of a backwardly flanged mail door. The second configuration signal device has a hook formed on the front end. When cocked, the hook rest on the bottom edge of a small hole drilled in a lower corner of a hooded type mailbox door.
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