Deposit and collection receptacles – Letter boxes – Signals
Patent
1977-07-25
1978-09-12
Zugel, Francis K.
Deposit and collection receptacles
Letter boxes
Signals
232 36, A47G 2912
Patent
active
041131703
ABSTRACT:
An elongated rod, having a signal flag on one end thereof, is secured by its other end to a housing adapted to be rotatably secured to the side of a rural mailbox adjacent its entrance end, the mailbox having a vertically swinging hinged door for opening and closing the entrance. The housing is provided with a radially extending latch arm releaseably engageable with a cam secured to the adjacent side edge of the door. The housing contains a coil spring for rotating the housing from a horizontally disposed position of the rod, when in a first cocked position, to an upstanding signaling second position, when the door is opened.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2253461 (1941-08-01), Hoppe
patent: 2551915 (1951-05-01), Turner
patent: 2693314 (1954-11-01), Hunter
patent: 3572581 (1971-03-01), McLeod
patent: 3747839 (1973-07-01), Morton
Rhea Robert K.
Zugel Francis K.
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