Newspaper delivery receptacle

A newspaper delivery receptacle having a bottom, sides and top, closed at one end constituting its back end and open at its front end for insertion of a newspaper therein, and means for mounting said receptacle in generally horizontal position on a post comprising a bracket having a vertical leg adapted to be fastened to the post and a horizontal leg extending laterally outwardly from the vertical leg, and means on the outside of the bottom of the receptacle for slidably receiving said horizontal leg of the bracket, said bottom having an integral portion extending between said receiving means and integrally joined to said bottom on all sides thereof including the sides at said receiving means, said horizontal leg having an integral portion extending from side to side of the horizontal leg, one of said portions having a boss and the other having an opening for receiving said boss, and at least one of said portions being adapted to flex between the sides thereof for snap-fastening the receptacle to said horizontal leg upon sliding the receptacle into interengagement with said horizontal leg, said means for slidably receiving said horizontal leg comprising a channel defined by a pair of shoulders extending transversely across the outside of the bottom of the receptacle having grooves for slidably receiving the side margins of said horizontal leg of the bracket, and said receptacle being adapted to be applied to the bracket by sliding the receptacle onto the horizontal leg of the bracket from the outer end thereof, with said channel being open at each of its ends allowing the receptacle to be slid onto the horizontal leg with the front end of the receptacle toward either side of that leg.