Molded plastic mailbox
AssigneeFlambeau Products Corporation
InventorChristopher G. Ladewig
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Abstract
A molded plastic mailbox is comprised of a series of component parts which are snap fitted and screwed together, including a hollow, vertical post with a first, upper end designed to be maintained above ground level and a second, lower end which is designed to support the post and mailbox below ground level. The upper end of the post includes a lug, which supports and receives a molded plastic platform upon which a molded plastic mailbox cover and doors are mounted. An optional newspaper chute may be attached to the lower side of the platform.
Claims9
A molded plastic mailbox comprising, in combination, an assembly of premolded plastic components including:
- a post having a first, above ground support section and a second, integrally molded, below ground support section, said post further having a vertical axis and including at the second, below ground support section, a series of at least partially circumferential ribs spaced vertically one above the other along the vertical axis of the post, said ribs comprising means for engaging and retaining the post in the ground, said post terminating with an attachment lug at a top thereof;
- a molded horizontal support platform having a post attachment end, said post attachment end including means for attachment of the platform to the attachment lug for retaining the platform horizontally supported and extending outwardly from the vertical axis of the post, said platform further including spaced parallel slots on opposite sides of the platform for receipt of the sides of a molded cover;
- said molded cover for mounting on the platform, said cover having a curved shroud with first and second parallel sides, an open outside end and an open inside end;
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- at least one hinged door attached to the cover shroud at least one of said open ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.