Mailbox slidable hooded tray insert
OwnerRupen P. Baxi, Peter J. Backerinventors
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Abstract
A rural mailbox hooded retractable tray insert molded from a plastic material having flexural ability. The mailbox hooded tray insert having a finger grip for in and out movement of the tray and a slider groove along the hood length that guides and limits the in and out movement. The tray insert hood prevents mail from falling out during tray movement and contains storage space for bee and insect repellant. The tray insert back wall has a vertical member having a flexible hinge for moving the tray insert partially out of the mailbox to expose the finger grip when the mailbox is opened.
Claims4
A slidable hooded tray insert in combination with a rural mailbox having a bottom panel, a back panel and a U-shaped roof portion defining an enclosure with an entrance opening at one end thereof, and a door member having a door latch, and a roof latch attached to the U-shaped roof to make contact with said door latch, the door member pivotally mounted adjacent said entrance opening for movement between an open position permitting access to the enclosure through the entrance opening and a closed position covering the entrance opening, said slidable hooded tray insert comprising:
- a rectangular bottom wall section, an inverted U-shaped hood top piece extending downwardly attached to said bottom wall section, a first end wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall and transversely between said inverted U-shaped hood top piece and a second end wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall opposite said first end wall, and having a finger grip disposed on said second end wall, said finger grip normally forms inverted C-shape to said bottom wall, the inverted U-shaped hood top piece contains a groove for guiding the hooded tray insert smoothly in horizontal engagement in and out of said rural mailbox.
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