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US 2006/0137230 A1Published application
Mailbox crown
OwnerJack Speirinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates generally to an apparatus and method for communication using a mailbox crown, wherein the mailbox crown is imprinted with sun-resistant ink on a weather resistant material having rounded safety corners. The mailbox crown is formed using a combination of scores and cuts, is folded utilizing these scores and cuts, is placed on a conventional mailbox and is secured to the mailbox.
Claims9
1) A method of communication, comprising the steps of:
- a) obtaining a sheet of blank material;
- b) imprinting information on the top side of said sheet of blank material to form a sheet of imprinted material;
- c) scoring four spaced partial lines in said sheet of imprinted material;
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- d) cutting a pattern that connects said four spaced partial lines, forms a first band, a second band, a first popup, a second popup and rounded corners on said sheet of imprinted material to form a cut imprinted sheet of material.
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3) A mailbox crown, comprising:
- a sheet of blank material, wherein said sheet of blanks material further comprised of a top side, a bottom side, a left side, aright side, a front side, a back side, a left-side-aligner, a right-side-aligner, a front left corner, a front right corner, a back left corner, a back right corner, a right-side-aligner front corner, a right-side-aligner back corner, a left-side-aligner front corner, a left-side-aligner back corner, a first score, a second score, a third score, a fourth score, a first cut portion, wherein said first cut portion is roughly parallel to said front side and goes from the distal end of said first score to the distal end of said second score, a second cut portion, wherein said second cut portion is roughly parallel to said back side and goes from the distal end of said third score to the distal end of said fourth score, a third cut portion, wherein said third cut portion goes from roughly the midpoint of said first cut portion to roughly the midpoint of said second cut portion, wherein said third cut portion is roughly in the shape of a single sine wave, a left-side display area, wherein said left-side display area is further comprised of a first popup portion, a right-side display area, wherein said right-side display area is further comprised of a second popup portion, a first band and a second band, a flag-hole, left securing holes and right securing holes, wherein said left securing holes and right securing holes are disposed opposing each other;
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- at least one zip-tie.
6) A mailbox crown, comprising:
- a sheet of blank material;
- an information conveying means;
- a pliable means;
- a fastening means;
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- a safety means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.