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US 8,025,246 B1Granted
Combined mailbox shredder apparatus
OwnerMichael A. Browninventor
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Abstract
The combined shredder mailbox apparatus provides a single case having a mailbox with downwardly pivoted door positioned above a drawer. The shredder is disposed within the case between the mailbox and the drawer. The apparatus thereby allows a user to shred unwanted mail items rather than carry them elsewhere for disposal. Typical electrical plug, the solar panel and battery, or both can power the apparatus. The heavy duty shredder can shred up to 10 folded sheets or paper at once. The shredder can also shred credit cards and the like and compact discs.
Claims9
A combined shredder mailbox apparatus, comprising, in combination:
- a parallelepiped case having a front spaced apart from a back, a top spaced apart from a bottom, a first side spaced apart from a second side;
- a mailbox disposed upwardly within the case;
- a door disposed on the case front, the door selectively opening to the mailbox;
- a horizontal handle disposed upwardly on the door;
- a lock disposed on the door above the horizontal handle;
- a pivoted flag disposed on the case second side;
- a sliding drawer disposed within the case below the mailbox, the drawer having three spaced apart walls, a drawer front, and a drawer bottom;
- a drawer stop extended from adjacent to the drawer front on the drawer bottom;
- a handle disposed on the drawer front;
- an identical spaced apart drawer slide disposed within each case side, each slide meeting the case bottom, the drawer stop abutting the drawer slides with the drawer fully closed;
- a shredder feed disposed in the case front between the door and the drawer;
- a divider horizontally across the shredder feed;
- a shredder within the case behind the shredder feed, the shredder comprising:
- a heavy duty first shredder wheel;
- a heavy duty second shredder wheel gear engaged with the first shredder wheel;
- a motor within the case;
- an axle engaged with the motor via a primary drive belt;
- a slave drive belt engaging the axle with the second shredder wheel;
- a power cord exited from the case back;
- an electronic control within the case front, the control in communication with the power cord and the shredder.
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A combined shredder mailbox apparatus, comprising, in combination:
- a parallelepiped case having a front spaced apart from a back, a top spaced apart from a bottom, a first side spaced apart from a second side;
- a mailbox disposed upwardly within the case;
- a downwardly pivoted door disposed on the case front, the door selectively opening to the mailbox;
- a horizontal handle disposed upwardly on the door;
- a lock disposed on the door above the horizontal handle;
- a pivoted flag disposed on the case second side;
- a sliding drawer disposed within the case below the mailbox, the drawer having three spaced apart walls, a drawer front, and a drawer bottom;
- a drawer stop extended from adjacent to the drawer front on the drawer bottom;
- a vertical handle disposed on the drawer front;
- an identical spaced apart drawer slide disposed within each case side, each slide meeting the case bottom, the drawer stop abutting the drawer slides with the drawer fully closed;
- a shredder feed disposed in the case front between the door and the drawer;
- a divider across the shredder feed;
- a shredder within the case behind the shredder feed, the shredder comprising:
- a heavy duty first shredder wheel;
- a heavy duty second shredder wheel gear engaged with the first shredder wheel;
- a motor within the case;
- an axle engaged with the motor via a primary drive belt;
- a slave drive belt engaging the axle with the second shredder wheel;
- a solar panel within the case top;
- a power cord exited from the case back;
- a battery within the case behind the shredder;
- an electronic control within the case front proximal to the shredder feed, the control in communication with the solar panel, the power cord, the battery, and the shredder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.