Security mailbox
OwnerGene E. Wildish, Patricia A. Sicotteinventors
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Abstract
A security mailbox is provided having a housing with a lower storage compartment having a lockable door for the retraction of mail and an upper door for the introduction of mail. The upper portion of the mailbox is further provided with a sloping slanted top, a tray mounted in the interior for the placement of outgoing mail, a restricted throat with a curved lower portion leading into the storage area for the introduction of mail so that the mail is deposited into the storage department and can only be retrieved through the lower lockable door. A conventional manually rotatable flag is attached on the outside of the mailbox. A method of mounting multiple security mailboxes is also disclosed.
Claims8
A security mailbox comprising:
- a housing means having a horizontal base, a pair of opposed upstanding sidewalls, an upstanding back wall, a sloped top, an upstanding front wall wherein said upstanding front wall is provided with an upper and a lower opening, each of said openings having a lower edge;
- a hinged door pivotally attached to said upper opening in said front wall;
- a hinged door pivotally attached to said lower opening in said front wall;
- a locking means attached to said lower door;
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- a mail tray attached to the interior of said housing wherein said mail tray is provided with a sloped base wherein said sloped base and said upper opening provide a throat opening for the introduction of mail wherein said throat opening is of a dimension less than the dimension necessary to allow the introduction of a human hand and arm through said throat opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.