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US 2006/0065705 A1Published application
Mail slot assembly
OwnerThomas Plappertinventor
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Abstract
A mail slot receiver for use with a door having a mail slot therein comprising an outer frame member pivotably attached to an inner frame member and a receptacle attached to the inner frame member, whereby the inner frame member can pivotably rotate between a mail receiving position and a mail retrieving position.
Claims20
A mail slot receiver for use with a door having a mail slot therein, said mail slot receiver comprising:
- an outer frame member having an upper end and a lower end and defining a central opening;
- an inner frame member having a first end and a second end and defining a central passageway, said first end of said inner frame member pivotably attached to said lower end of said outer frame member;
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- a receptacle having an open end attached to said inner frame member.
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A mail slot assembly comprising:
- a door having a surface and defining a mail slot therein;
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- a mail slot receiver comprising an outer frame member having an upper end and a lower end and defining a central opening, an inner frame member having a first end and a second end and defining a central passageway, said first end of said inner frame member pivotably attached to said lower end of said outer frame member, a receptacle having an open end attached to said inner frame member, and a latch assembly defined on said upper end of said outer frame member and said second end of said inner frame member, wherein said latch assembly is adapted to secure said inner frame member to said outer frame member when said inner frame member is received within said outer frame member.
- wherein said outer frame member of said mail slot receiver is attached to said surface of said door surrounding said mail slot.
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A method of retrieving mail passing through a mail slot, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a mail slot receiver comprising an outer frame member having an upper end and a lower end and defining a central opening, an inner frame member having a first end and a second end and defining a central passageway, said first end of said inner frame member pivotably attached to said lower end of said outer frame member, a receptacle having an open end attached to said inner frame member, and a latch assembly defined on said upper end of said outer frame member and said second end of said inner frame member, wherein said latch assembly is adapted to secure said inner frame member to said outer frame member when said inner frame member is received within said outer frame member;
- b) attaching said outer frame member of said mail slot receiver to a surface surrounding a mail slot in a door;
- c) pivotably rotating said inner frame member away from said outer frame member;
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- d) retrieving mail from said receptacle, wherein said mail is received into said receptacle by passing through the mail slot, the central opening of said outer frame member and the central passageway of said inner frame member of said mail slot receiver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.