Deposit and collection receptacles – Letter boxes – Frame construction
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-21
2006-03-21
Miller, William L. (Department: 3677)
Deposit and collection receptacles
Letter boxes
Frame construction
C232S017000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07014098
ABSTRACT:
Mailbox vandalism is deterred by depositing a noxious material on a tool or weapon used by a vandal to smash a mailbox. The noxious material may be provided in a capsule fastened to a traffic-facing side of the mailbox so that a vandal's blow directed at the mailbox succeeds in fracturing the capsule and coating the vandal's tool or weapon with a noxious material. The capsule or capsules may contain any of a variety of malodorants, colorants, irritants and adhesives. The overall container may be configured as a composite capsule in which the noxious material is held within an inner glass capsule protected from environmental and accidental damage by a surrounding, relatively easily broken, outer capsule directly fastened to the protected mailbox.
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Kiewit David
Miller William L.
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