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US 6,293,461 B1Granted
Mailbox with automatic flags
OwnerAlbert A. Rivers, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
This device relates generally to a mailbox with a first indicator for signaling the arrival of mail. A second indicator signals that there is outgoing mail to be picked up by a carrier. A first end of the first indicator and a first end of the second indicator are releasably connected to a control member. The control member is attached to a pivoting door of the mailbox.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a door pivotally attached to the housing;
- a control member attached to the door;
- a first indicator apparatus pivotally attached to the housing wherein a first end of the first indicator apparatus is releasably connected to the control member;
- a resetting device operatively attached to the first indicator apparatus;
- and
- a second indicator apparatus pivotally attached to the housing wherein a first end of the second indicator apparatus is releasably connected to the control member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.