Mail receptacle

A receptacle mounted underneath, on one side of, attached in front of, and about an opening through a door, wall, or related partition to receive mail comprising of a face-plate containing in part or in full the shape of an arc and being so located as to be in front of and extending to the top of the mail opening, the mail coming into contact with the face-plate thus causing it and side-plates to rotate about a pivot point provided by a rod located adjacent a bottom at the base of the receptacle;

• and the face-plate, the side plates, and encasement plates being so related to one another as to be inter-locked in a manner that allows the side-plates and face-plate to move past one another while maintaining the ability to stop and hold in a rotated position about the pivot point thereby creating planes between which to retain the mail in a mail collection area, the side plates and face-plate;
• inter-locked to and supported by the encasement plates which flank the side plates of the receptacle and the mail opening and which are attached to the bottom and back panel.

A method for automatically expanding a mail collection receptacle to receive mail as it enters through an opening provided at a door, wall or related partition comprising of the steps of:

• the mail striking a face plate of the receptacle located in front of the opening;
• the mail pushing against said face-plate with force causing it to rotate about a pivot point, thus causing the face-plate and inter-locking side-plates of the receptacle to move past one another and hold one another thereby creating planes between which to retain said mail in a mail collection area.