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US 7,611,044 B1Granted
Mailbox
OwnerWalter T. Wilsoninventor
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Abstract
A mailbox has four sides generally forming a triangular enclosure to deflect snow thrown by the snowplow.
Claims11
A mailbox comprising:
- a first plate having a triangular outer configuration with a first base and a first tip, the first tip being distal from the first base, the first plate having an elongated opening to receive mail;
- a second plate having a triangular outer configuration with a second base and a second tip, the second tip being distal from the second base;
- a third plate having a triangular outer configuration with a third base and a third tip, the third tip being distal from the third base, the first, second, and third tips joined together at a common tip, the second and third plates joined together along a seam-line and adapted to receive one end of a post such that the second and third plates form a bottom of the mailbox when in use;
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- a fourth plate having a triangular outer configuration, the outer configuration of the fourth plate coupled to the first, second, and third bases, and the fourth plate having a door to retrieve mail in the mailbox.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.