Mail box support apparatus
OwnerHomer Gilesinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus providing securement and mounting of a mail box, arranged with a vertical post threadedly mounted to an upper plate, with the upper plate securing a single or a plurality of mail box members thereon. The lower end of the post is threadedly received with a socket, the socket integrally and orthogonally mounted to a lower support plate, with the lower support plate mounting a plurality of spike members projecting orthogonally downwardly from the lower support plate for securement within the ground.
Claims1
A mail box support apparatus for securement of a mail box thereon, including an upper support plate, the upper support plate fixedly securing at least one mail box thereon, and
- the upper support plate including an internally threaded socket orthogonally and fixedly mounted medially to the bottom surface of the upper support plate, and
- a lower support plate, including a lower internally threaded socket medially and fixedly mounted to an upper surface of the lower support plate, with the lower socket orthogonally mounted thereon, and
- a post member, the post member including an upper threaded end and a lower threaded end, the upper threaded end threadedly received within the upper internally threaded socket, and the lower threaded end threadedly received within the lower threaded socket, and
- mounting means for securement of the lower support plate to an underlying ground surface, and
- wherein the mounting means include a plurality of spike members, each spike member mounted orthogonally relative to the lower support plate and oriented at ninety degree intervals about the support plate to include four spike members, and
- wherein the mounting means further includes a corner opening orthogonally directed through the support plate adjacent a circumferential periphery defined by the support plate, with each corner opening arranged ninety degrees relative to an adjacent corner opening to include four corner openings, and a corner support tube fixedly and orthogonally mounted to a bottom surface of the lower support plate coaxially aligned with each corner opening, and each corner opening defined by a first diameter, and each corner opening and corner support tube slidably receiving a spike member therethrough, and
- wherein each spike member includes a spike head fixedly mounted to an upper terminal end of each spike member, wherein the spike head is defined by a second diameter greater than the first diameter, and a lower terminal end defined by a pointed projection, and
- wherein each spike member includes a socket cavity coaxially directed through each spike head, and each spike member further includes an external thread formed integrally to an exterior surface of each spike, and
- wherein the upper mounting plate includes a plurality of spaced rails, and the spaced rails include plural pairs of "L" shaped flange members mounted thereon to permit securement of a mail box between each of the flange pairs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.