Supports – Stand – Receptacle
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-16
2011-08-16
Sterling, Amy J (Department: 3632)
Supports
Stand
Receptacle
C248S131000, C248S144000, C232S039000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07997545
ABSTRACT:
This invention is to an apparatus and method using a pivoting support structure to support mail boxes, newspaper tubes, information signage or decorative materials near a road while being less susceptible to damage from passing vehicles. The invention may be attached to a post, pipe or other vertical structure. Even after the apparatus is installed, the invention has an inherent flexibility to change the original starting position of the mail box relative to the road. Furthermore, the invention acts as a self-centering hinge allowing the support structure to swing in excess of 90-degrees to 180-degrees depending upon installation even while supporting single or multiple mailboxes and/or decorative or aesthetic items. The invention then automatically returns the mail box to its original starting position through the cooperative effort of a spring, gravity and inherent hinge design. This invention allows the structure to be temporarily cantilevered away from the vertical structure to assist in item placement or removal and allows the items such as mail to be removed without standing in traffic.
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patent: 1508052 (1924-09-01), Hastings
patent: 5437409 (1995-08-01), Coushaine
patent: 5560583 (1996-10-01), Holmgren
patent: 7481357 (2009-01-01), Totis
Anderson Claude
Raffin Thomas
Sterling Amy J
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