Mailbox with improved door opening means and flag operator

Details Mailbox with improved door opening means and flag operator Mailbox with improved door opening means and flag operator

1979-04-02

1980-09-23

Frazier, Roy D.

Deposit and collection receptacles

Closures and chutes

Letter box

232 17, 232 35, B65D 9100

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042238285

ABSTRACT:
A roadside mailbox is adapted to be opened and closed by movement of a mail service vehicle past it. The box has a door hinged along its bottom edge to the bottom of the mailbox. A lever arm, which is made of spring wire, projects outwardly from the door and is engageable by a slanted actuating rod mounted on the vehicle. As the vehicle approaches the box, engagement of the actuating rod with the arm opens the mailbox. As the vehicle leaves the box, the rod becomes disengaged from the arm and the door is closed by a spring. The lever arm resists bending in a vertical plane, and has substantially greater flexibility to bend in a horizontal plane toward and away from the mailbox. The actuating rod includes telescoping sections and may be quickly detached from its support on the side of the vehicle. A signal flag on the box, if raised is automatically lowered by opening the door. The signal flag may also be manually raised and lowered even with the door closed.

REFERENCES:
patent: 761938 (1904-06-01), Bevan
patent: 1194593 (1916-08-01), Boland
patent: 1292050 (1919-01-01), Raney
patent: 1456543 (1923-05-01), Feist
patent: 1792821 (1931-02-01), Cook
patent: 2834540 (1958-05-01), Hudgins
patent: 3294057 (1966-12-01), Feil
patent: 3733026 (1973-05-01), Rowe et al.

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