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Mailbox Game

a technology for mailboxes and games, applied in the field of games, can solve the problems of children's loss of reading and writing skills, and achieve the effects of enhancing communication within the family and with friends, enhancing reading and writing skills, and breaking children's worlds

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-08-14
BLANISH MATHEW R
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[0005]The mailbox for children is a creative idea that broadens children's worlds by giving them a sense of independence and importance. The mailbox creates excitement for them when they check to see if they have mail. It encourages families to actually write letters again and builds family unity through the children. As a result, communication within the family and with friends is greatly enhanced and will help to revitalize and revolutionize letter writing.
[0009]Still another object of this invention is to provide a mailbox game, as aforesaid, that is intuitive to play and easy to set up.

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As a result, children may be experiencing a loss of some reading and writing skills.

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[0014]FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a toy mailbox 100 used in the game. The mailbox 100 is a generally rectangular box 102 with an opening, a lid 104 and a hinge 105 that attaches the lid 104 to the box 102 to cover the opening. Preferably, the mailbox 100 includes rounded edges that provide safety to children who may bump into the mailbox 100 by accident. The lid 104, therefore, is movable between open (FIG. 2) and closed (FIG. 1) configurations. Outer surfaces of the box 102 may be coated with a paint that can be used as a writing or drawing surface. Alternatively, the box 102 may include a writing area 110 on which a message may be written with a pen, crayon, chalk, or dry erase marker. The writing area 110, therefore, may be of a dry-erase marker board or chalkboard material or other erasable surface.

[0015]A flag 106 may be attached to the outside of the mailbox 100. The flag may be rotated to a vertical position or it may be positioned horizontally. As another feature, a dial 1...

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Abstract

A mailbox game includes a mailbox having a rectangular container or box with an opening, a lid and a hinge that attaches the lid to the box to cover the opening. The game also includes play stamps having an adhesive backing. The mailbox may have a rotating flag that is attached to the box and there may also be a dial with which to provide a mailbox status of full or empty. The mailbox game includes a method of providing a toy mailbox, mounting the mailbox on or adjacent to a door inside of a residence, depositing mail in the mailbox, and manipulating a signal device to indicate that mail has been deposited into the mailbox. The mailbox game may include writing on a marking area positioned on the mailbox to be viewed by a person passing by the mailbox or depositing mail therein.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO THE RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a Continuation-in-Part of the utility patent application, Ser. No. 11 / 538,050, filed on Oct. 2, 2006, entitled Mailbox Game, which claims the priority of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60 / 721,628 filed on Sep. 30, 2005, entitled Mailbox Game.BACKGROUND[0002]This invention relates generally to games and, more particularly, to a mailbox game in which a toy mailbox is mounted to a door of a room inside a residence and into which letters from family members may be inserted so as to promote letter writing and strengthening of family relationships.[0003]Children are increasingly using the e-mail, instant messaging, and mobile telephones to communicate. This style of communication requires very little proper grammar and punctuation. As a result, children may be experiencing a loss of some reading and writing skills. Thus, a need exists to promote more formal written communication.[0004]Therefore, it would be ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63H33/00
CPCA47G29/1209A47G29/122A47G2029/1226A47G2029/1228A63F9/001A63H33/30A63F9/24A63F2009/0012A63F2009/0046A63F2009/0656A63F2009/2476A63F9/06
Inventor BLANISH, MATHEW R.
Owner BLANISH MATHEW R
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