Mailbox with telescoping drawer

A mailbox comprising:

• (a) a mailbox housing;
• (b) a mailbox floor;
• (c) a mail receptacle having two side walls, a rear wall, and a floor;
• and
• (d) a front door;
• wherein the mail receptacle is situated on top of a sliding rail assembly affixed to the mailbox floor;
• wherein a first bracket is attached to a center of an inside surface of the front door and oriented so that it extends from a top part of the front door to a bottom part of the front door;
• wherein the first bracket is connected to a first U-shaped bracket that is attached to the inside surface of the front door, the first U-shaped bracket having an open part and a lateral part, and the first U-shaped bracket being oriented so that the open part of the U-shaped bracket faces downwardly;
• wherein the first U-shaped bracket further comprises two legs, each having a bottom end;
• wherein the bottom end of each of the two legs of the first U-shaped bracket is pivotally attached to a proximal end of a longitudinal rod that extends underneath the mailbox from a front of the mailbox to a point beyond a rear end of the mailbox housing;
• wherein a distal end of each longitudinal rod is attached to a second U-shaped bracket comprising an open part and a lateral part, the open part of the second U-shaped bracket facing downwardly;
• wherein the second U-shaped bracket further comprises two legs, each having a bottom end;
• wherein the bottom end of each of the two legs of the second U-shaped bracket is pivotally attached to the distal end of one of the two longitudinal rods;
• wherein the lateral part of the second U-shaped bracket is attached to a rear end of the mailbox floor;
• wherein a first end of a traveling rod is attached to and extends upwardly from the lateral part of the second U-shaped bracket;
• wherein a second end of the traveling rod is attached to a shaft;
• wherein a wheel bearing is situated on either end of the shaft;
• and
• wherein a receiving bracket is attached to an outside surface of the rear wall of the mail receptacle and is configured to receive the wheel bearings and shaft.