Mail box and mail box standard protective apparatus

A method of preventing snowplow debris from striking a mail box, said method comprising:

• providing a continuous arcuate panel having a first leg, a second leg, a top member, a fore edge and an aft edge, wherein said first leg and said second leg having substantially the same height, said top member extending above an associated at least one mail box housing;
• wherein said top member providing a continuous connection between said first leg and said second leg to limit a maximum relative distance therebetween and such that said top member remains proximal to a top side of the associated at least one mail box for deflecting the snowplow debris from all sides of the associated at least one mail box;
• providing an anchoring arrangement comprising an independent mounting means separate from the associated mail box and associated support column, wherein said mounting means and said arcuate panel form a self-supporting device;
• and,
• said anchoring arrangement and said arcuate panel independently absorb at least some of the impact forces resulting from the snow debris.

A method of preventing snowplow debris from striking a mail box, said method comprising:

• providing an arcuate panel adapted for shielding an associated at least one mail box housing and an associated at least one vertical support attached to the at least one mail box housing;
• wherein said arcuate panel having a first leg, a second leg, a top member, a fore edge and an aft edge, said first leg and said second leg having substantially the same height, said top member connecting said first and second legs and extending above the associated at least one mail box housing;
• providing a pair of posts, each of said posts having a bottom end and a top end, said top end of one of said posts being fixedly and directly attached to a side of said first leg and said top end of the other of said posts being fixedly and directly attached to a side of said second leg;
• and,
• extending said bottom ends of each of said posts into the ground surface proximal to the associated vertical support.

A device for protection of an associated mail box and an associated support column comprising:

• a shield having an arcuate form in a mounted position adapted for shielding the associated mail box and a majority of the associated supporting column extending therefrom;
• said shield including a first leg extending along one side of the associated supporting column and the associated mail box and a second leg extending along another opposing side of the associated column and the associated mail box;
• and,
• a spring member hingedly connecting said first leg and said second leg for damping the initial impact of collisional objects, said spring member comprising a curved portion extending over and above a top side of the associated mail box.

A device for protection of an associated mail box and an associated support column comprising:

• a shield having an arcuate form in a mounted position adapted for shielding the associated mail box and at least a portion of the associated supporting column extending therefrom;
• said shield including a first leg extending along one side of the associated supporting column and the associated mail box and a second leg extending along another opposing side of the associated column and the associated mail box;
• the associated supporting column includes a height wherein at least one of said first and said second legs extends along a majority of the height of the associated supporting column;
• said shield including a semi-rigid member comprising an arcuate portion connecting said first leg and said second leg for absorbing and deflecting the impact of collisional objects;
• and,
• said arcuate portion extending over and above at least a top side of the associated mail box.