Device and method for suspending a flag display from a mailbox
OwnerRobert Hamburgerinventor
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Abstract
A system and method of attaching a flag display to a mailbox in a manner that enables the flag display to hang below the mailbox. The system includes a flag display that has a length equivalent to the sum of the combined lengths of the two sides of the mailbox and the front of the mailbox. The top edge of the flag display attaches to the exterior of the mailbox, near its base. The flag display attaches to the mailbox using hook and loop material or some other equivalent fastening means. The flag display hangs down from the base of the mailbox while maintaining the generally rectangular configuration of the mailbox base. At the bottom of the flag display, the flag display is either weighted or anchored to the mailbox post.
Claims14
An assembly, comprising:
- a post;
- a mailbox coupled to said post at a predetermined height, said mailbox having a base with a front surface and two side surfaces, wherein said front surface and said two side surfaces have a combined length;
- a flag display having a top edge and a bottom edge, wherein said flag has a length equal to said combined length;
- a mechanical fastening means disposed on said mailbox proximate said base and disposed on said flag display proximate said top edge, wherein said top edge of said flag display can be selectively attached to said mailbox so that said flag display hangs below said mailbox.
A method of attaching an ornamental flag to a roadside mailbox, comprising the steps of:
- attaching fasteners to the exterior of the mailbox, proximate its base, along at least three sides of the mailbox;
- providing a flexible, woven, ornamental flag having a top edge and a bottom edge;
- connecting said top edge of said ornamental flag to said fasteners, wherein said ornamental flag hangs below said at least three sides of the mailbox.
An assembly, comprising:
- a post;
- a mailbox coupled to said post at a predetermined height, wherein said mailbox has a base and exterior surfaces;
- a flag display having a top edge and a bottom edge;
- a mechanical fastening means disposed on at least some of said exterior surfaces of said mailbox proximate said base and disposed on said flag display proximate said top edge, wherein said top edge of said flag display can be selectively attached to said mailbox so that said flag display hangs below said mailbox;
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- a bracket for attaching said bottom edge of said flag display to said post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.