Curbside mail protection mailboxes
OwnerTafforest Brewerinventor
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Abstract
A mailbox system includes a mailbox housing having an interior chamber. The interior chamber has a surface area and a depth. A lockbox is securely coupled to the mailbox housing, and the lockbox is disposed in the interior chamber of the mailbox housing. A security door is hingeably attached to a wall of the lockbox. The security door has a size smaller than that of the surface area of the interior chamber of the mailbox housing. A lock assembly is coupled to the security door, and the lock assembly is configured to alternatively maintain the security door in a closed position or an opened position.
Claims11
A mailbox system comprising:
- a mailbox housing having an interior chamber, said interior chamber having a surface area and a depth, said mailbox housing having an exterior door being hingeably coupled to a wall of the mailbox housing;
- a lockbox being positioned within and being secured to the interior chamber of the mailbox housing, said lockbox defining a lockbox interior chamber for receiving and storing mail, said lockbox defining an open front end for providing access to the lockbox interior chamber, wherein the lockbox extends substantially the entire height, width and radius of a curvature of the interior chamber of the mailbox housing;
- a security door hingeably attached to a wall of the lockbox, said security door having a size covering the entire defined open front end of the lockbox, said security door lacking an opening thereon;
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- a lock assembly coupled to the security door, said lock assembly configured to alternatively maintain the security door in a closed position or an opened position.
A mailbox system comprising:
- a lockbox being positioned within and being secured to an interior chamber of a mailbox housing, said lockbox defining a lockbox interior chamber for receiving and storing mail, said lockbox defining an open front end for providing access to the lockbox interior chamber, wherein the lockbox extends substantially the entire height, width and radius of a curvature of the interior chamber of the mailbox housing;
- a security door hingeably attached to a wall of the lockbox, said security door having a size covering the entire defined open front end of the lockbox, said security door lacking an opening thereon;
- a lock assembly coupled to the security door, said lock assembly configured to alternatively maintain the security door in a closed position or an opened position;
- a first key for enabling the lock assembly;
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- a second key for enabling the lock assembly.
A secure mailbox system comprising:
- a plurality of housings, each of said plurality housings having an interior chamber, said interior chamber having a surface area and a depth, each of said plurality of housings having an exterior door, said each of the exterior door being hingeably coupled to a wall of the each of the plurality of housings;
- a plurality of lockboxes, each of said plurality of lockboxes being positioned within and being secured to the corresponding interior chamber of each of the plurality of housings, said each of the plurality of lockboxes defining a lockbox interior chamber for receiving and storing mail, said each of the plurality of lockboxes defining an open front end for providing access to the lockbox interior chamber, wherein each of the plurality of lockboxes extends substantially the entire height, width and radius of a curvature of the interior chamber of the each of the plurality of housings;
- a plurality of security doors, each of said plurality of security doors hingeably attached to a wall of the each of the plurality lockboxes, said each of the plurality of security doors having a size covering the entire defined open front end of the lockbox, said security door lacking an opening thereon;
- a plurality of lock assemblies, each of said plurality of lock assemblies being coupled to the each of the plurality of security doors, said each of said plurality of lock assemblies configured to alternatively maintain the each of the plurality of the security doors in a closed position or an opened position;
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- a first key for operably enabling the plurality of lock assemblies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.