Deposit and collection receptacles – Letter boxes – Frame construction
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-19
2001-10-02
Dayoan, B. (Department: 3628)
Deposit and collection receptacles
Letter boxes
Frame construction
C232S039000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06296180
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to coverings and more particularly pertains to a new postal box covering for protecting a postal box from the elements of weather.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of coverings is known in the prior art. More specifically, coverings heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,035,356; 5,435,483; 5,106,016; 4,368,842; 3,107,848; and U.S. Pat. Des. No. 256,751.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new postal box covering. The inventive device includes a plurality of elongate members. Each of the elongate members has a longitudinal axis. Each of the elongate members has a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side, a first end and a second end. The elongate members are generally oriented parallel to each other. The elongate members are between a first and a second elongate member. A plurality of straps bind the elongate members together. Each of the straps is adjacent to each of the second sides of the elongate members. A plurality of fastening devices fasten the straps to the elongate members. A plurality of mountings are fixedly coupled to the first and second elongate members. A plurality of brackets have a base portion and two arm members extending therefrom. The arm members are oriented generally parallel to each other and are spaced. One of the arm members is releasably coupled to each of the mountings.
In these respects, the postal box covering according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of protecting a postal box from the elements of weather.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of coverings now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new postal box covering construction wherein the same can be utilized for protecting a postal box from the elements of weather.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new postal box covering apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the coverings mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new postal box covering which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art coverings, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a plurality of elongate members. Each of the elongate members has a longitudinal axis. Each of the elongate members has a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side, a first end and a second end. The elongate members are generally oriented parallel to each other. The elongate members are between a first and a second elongate member. A plurality of straps bind the elongate members together. Each of the straps is adjacent to each of the second sides of the elongate members. A plurality of fastening devices fasten the straps to the elongate members. A plurality of mountings are fixedly coupled to the first and second elongate members. A plurality of brackets have a base portion and two arm members extending therefrom. The arm members are oriented generally parallel to each other and are spaced. One of the arm members is releasably coupled to each of the mountings.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new postal box covering apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the coverings mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new postal box covering which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art coverings, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new postal box covering which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new postal box covering which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new postal box covering which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such postal box covering economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new postal box covering which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new postal box covering for protecting a postal box from the elements of weather.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new postal box covering which includes a plurality of elongate members. Each of the elongate members has a longitudinal axis. Each of the elongate members has a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side, a first end and a second end. The elongate members are generally oriented parallel to each other. The elongate members are between a first and a second elongate member. A plurality of straps bind the elongate members together. Each of the straps is adjacent to each of the second sides of the elongate members. A plurality of fastening devices fasten the straps to the elongate members. A plurality of mountings are fixedly coupled to the first and second elongate members. A plurality of brackets have a base portion and two arm members extending therefrom. The arm members are oriented generally parallel to each other and are
Dayoan B.
Miller William L.
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