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US 8,708,219 B2Granted
Support arm positioning tab
AssigneeLiberty Hardware Mfg. Corp.
InventorsCharles A. Patterson, Michael Reedy, Victor Hoernig
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Abstract
A mailbox support attaching to a post includes an arm for supporting a mailbox at a given height, an opening for freely allowing the arm to slide over the post, and a tab flexibly extending into the opening and designed to limit movement of the arm relative to the post if the post is disposed within the opening.
Claims2
Method for installing an arm of a mailbox on a post, the method comprising:
- providing an integral, flexible tab on the arm, the arm supporting a mailbox, the flexible tab extending vertically within an opening in the arm,
- flexing the flexible tab away from the post,
- sliding the arm over the post,
- releasing the flexible tab against the post to frictionally hold the arm in place, wherein the tab does not fixedly attach the arm to the post while the flexible tab is engaged against the post,
- measuring the distance of the arm above a ground to determine whether the arm is in an approved position, and
- fixedly attaching the arm to the post if the arm is in an approved position such that the arm reliably holds the mailbox, and wherein fixedly attaching the arm to the post occurs before attaching the mailbox to the arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.