Mail box conversion kit

A kit for converting a traditional rural mail box into a mail box divided into two separate compartments, one of which is secured by a lock for the reception of valuable mail and into which mail may be placed through a slot and the other of which is open in the usual way, which comprises:

• a front panel piece comprising a metal plate having a top shaped complementary to the roof of the mail box and configured to fit snugly into the upper roof portion of the front opening of a mail box, and having a straight base, there being a mail receiving slot extending across the upper part of said front panel piece, tabs on said front panel piece extending rearwardly from said front panel piece, said tabs being provided with apertures to receive means to secure said panel piece to said mail box at its front end, and an aperture in said panel piece provided to receive a lock;
• a lock to be installed in said aperture in said front panel piece;
• means to secure the tabs on said front panel piece to the roof of said mail box;
• a tray which constitutes the floor of the secured compartment and which is disposed horizontally in said mail box and which extends from a location adjacent to the bottom of said front panel piece, to the rear wall of said mail box, said tray having upstanding sides which extend lengthwise of said tray, there being a flange at the front end of said tray;
• a U-shaped bracket adapted to be secured to the back of the mail box and having wings for attachment of said tray to said mail box and a bolt passing through the bracket wings and the upstanding sides of the tray in a manner which permits the tray to be pivoted about the axis of the bolt so as to permit said secured compartment to be emptied of its contents.