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US 2003/0209596 A1Published application
Mail limiting device
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corp., a Maryland corporation
InventorJohn T. Swider
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AssigneeLockheed Martin Corp., a Maryland corporation
InventorJohn T. Swider
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A device for limiting the size and shape of mail which may be deposited into a mail drop box. The drop box includes an enclosure having a deposit port at its upper end and of a predetermined size and shape, and a collection chamber below the deposit port. There is a pivotal door having at most substantially the same size and shape as the deposit port and closing the deposit port when the door is in a first, closed position and opening the deposit port when the door is in a second, open position. A plate is disposed in the enclosure between the deposit port and the collection chamber and of a substantially similar size and shape as the deposit port and having a restricted size opening and located to be exposed when the pivotal door in the open position to restrict the size of the deposit port to the restricted size opening. The door and the plate may be attached to each other at an angle so that as the door is moved to the open position, the restricted size opening in the plate closes the deposit port and prevents objects from being placed into the drop box that do not fit through the restricted size opening. The plate may include a first planar portion having the restricted size opening and a second portion adapted for affixing the plate to the drop box and the plate may be adapted for affixing to the pivotal door or to the enclosure.
A drop box, comprising:
The drop box of claim for 1, wherein said pivotal door comprises a first planar portion adapted for closing and opening said deposit port and a second planar portion adapted for forming said bottom portion of said reception chamber, and further wherein said first and second planar portions are affixed to each other along a horizontally oriented axis of rotation for said pivotal door.
An object size limiting drop box comprising:
In a drop box of the type having a drop box housing, a deposit port near or at the upper end of the housing and a collection chamber in the housing and disposed below the deposit port, the improvement being a mail size limiting device comprising:
A retrofit assembly for a drop box of the type having a drop box housing, a deposit port near or at the upper end of the housing having a door which may be opened to deposit mail, and a collection chamber in the housing and disposed below the deposit port, the assembly being a mail size limiting device comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.