Safe rotatable mailbox
OwnerJohn Bihninventor
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Abstract
A safe rotatable apparatus for supporting a rural roadside mailbox and for providing a simple, low-cost, highly rugged mounting structure which is less subject to damage due to impact from passing vehicles. The apparatus returns to its original position after a side impact. It is made of a typical mailbox; a top structural member; (c) a manner to connect the mailbox to the member; strengthening gussets attached to an outer sleeve connected to the top member and a way for connecting gussets to the top member; the outer sleeve having an opening for a pivot rod; the pivot rod held to the outer sleeve; an inner post with a rotational “sinusoidal” slice at the top end of inner post and an opening for a locking bar at the bottom of the inner post; the locking bar and a way for ballasting the locking bar such as concrete.
Claims8
A rotatable mailbox device comprised of:
- (a) a mailbox secured to a top structural member;
- (b) an outer sleeve with a set of gussets secured to the sleeve and the top member;
- (c) a pivot rod and a threaded, brazed, or welded connection for holding the pivot rod to the outer sleeve;
- (d) an inner post with a rotational sinusoidal shaped slice at a top end of an inner post and an aperture for a locking cross bar at a bottom of the inner post;
- (e) the locking cross bar and a ballast in the ground.
A rotatable mailbox 30 device made of durable materials which is comprised of:
- (a) a mailbox 33;
- (b) a top structural mailbox member 35;
- (c) a fastening means 34 for connecting the mailbox 33 to the member 35;
- (d) gussets 36 from an outer sleeve 40 to the top member 35 and a threaded fastener or welding 37 for connecting the gussets 36 to the top member 35;
- (e) the outer sleeve 40 with an opening 41 for a pivot rod 42;
- (f) the pivot rod 42 and a threaded, brazed, or welded connection 44 for holding the pivot rod 42 to the outer sleeve 40;
- (g) an inner post 45 with a rotational sinusoidal shaped slice 46 at a top end of the inner post 45 and an opening 47 for a locking bar 48 at a bottom of the inner post 45;
- (h) the locking bar 48;
- (i) a means for ballasting 49 the locking bar 48.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.