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Mail delivery indicator

a technology of mail delivery and indicator, applied in the field of mail delivery indicator, can solve the problems of complexity of mail indicators, and achieve the effect of convenient installation of mailboxes, low cost and simpl

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-04-21
MCKENZIE DEAN A
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[0025] It is a further object of the invention to provide an inexpensive and simple way to indicate when mail has been delivered to a mailbox.
[0026] Still another object of the invention is to provide an easily installable mailbox indicator.
[0027] It is an object of the invention to provide improved elements and arrangements thereof for the purposes described which is inexpensive, dependable and fully effective in accomplishing its intended purposes.

Problems solved by technology

These mail indicators can range in complexity from being very simple to those that require complicated electronics.

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[0034] The invention in a first embodiment is a mail delivery indicator 10 for a mailbox MB with a door with a lower corner and a side, that is facing towards a user's home or establishment, as is depicted in FIG. 1.

[0035] The first embodiment of the mail delivery indicator 10 comprises a signal holder bracket 20 that is attached to the lower corner of the mailbox MB, an eyelet 30 that is attached on the side of the mailbox MB adjacent to the lower corner of the mailbox MB where the signal holder bracket 20 is attached and a signal ball 40 that indicates when the mailbox MB door is opened. The first embodiment of the mail delivery indicator 10 further comprises a tether line 50 with a proximal end 52 and a distal end 54, connecting the proximal end 52 with the signal ball 40 and a stopper 60 that is threaded with the distal end 54 of the tether line 50 through the eyelet 30 to hold the distal end 54 of the tether line 50 at the eyelet 30, the signal ball 40 will fall out of the sign...

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[0039] the mailbox delivery indicator 70 also has a tube 90 with a front end 92 and a back end 94 that is threaded with the tether line 50 and is attached to the side of the mailbox MB, the tether line 50 being movable from within the tube 90 from the gravitational forces exerted from the first signal ball 40 and the second signal ball 80. There is also a first stopper 100 provided with the first signal ball 40 and a second stopper 110 provided with the second signal ball 80 to cushion any counter gravitational force on the front end 92 and the back end 94 of the tube 90 that might be exerted by the first signal ball 40 and the second signal ball 80.

[0040] The second embodiment of the mail delivery indicator 70 can indicate when the mailbox MB door is opened and when the first signal ball 40 falls out of the signal holder bracket 20 and exerts a counter gravitational force raising the second signal ball 80 to the back end 94 of the tube 90 and indicating that the mailbox MB door has...

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Abstract

A mail delivery indicator for a mailbox with a door with a lower corner and a side, facing towards and / or away from a user's home or establishment. The mail delivery indicator has a signal holder bracket that is attached to the lower corner of the mailbox, an eyelet that is attached on the side of the mailbox adjacent to the lower corner of the mailbox where the signal holder bracket is attached, a signal ball that indicates when the mailbox door is opened and a tether line with a proximal end and a distal end, connecting the proximal end with the signal ball. There is also a second embodiment for mailboxes that can be viewed from the back as well.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 511,656, filed Oct. 17, 2003.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention generally relates to an apparatus that indicates when mail has been delivered to a mailbox. More particularly, the apparatus can be seen from both the back and the front of the mailbox with which the apparatus is used. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] Mailbox indicators that indicate when mail has been deposited in a mailbox are well known in the related art. These mail indicators can range in complexity from being very simple to those that require complicated electronics. Some of the simpler mail indicators are also reflected in the related art. [0006] United States Patent Application Publication No. 2001 / 0000108 written by Perry and published on Apr. 5, 2001, outlines the use of a mail delivery signal kit, which includ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47G29/122
CPCA47G29/121A47G2029/12105
Inventor MCKENZIE, DEAN A.
Owner MCKENZIE DEAN A