Tiltable secondary-door, translucent & automatic-smart mailbox

a mailbox, automatic technology, applied in the field of automaticsmart mailboxes, translucent & automaticsmart mailboxes, can solve the problems of dangerous hit by mail pickers, disadvantages of conventional rural mailboxes,

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-05-13
DO LOGAN HUU
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"The present invention is about a safety enhancement for a resident who picks up or drops off mails on a daily basis. It provides a tiltable secondary-door for a rural mailbox assembly that can be used as a secondary access to the mailbox compartment. This is especially useful when the mailbox is too close to a busy street, where there is a high probability of mail picker or mailbox being hit by a motor vehicle or a plowing truck passing by. The secondary-door can be flipped down to open and flipped up to close, and it is retained by two self-locking pins. The various features and advantages of this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description."

Problems solved by technology

However, a conventional rural mailbox is fairly disadvantage because it is too close to the public road and requires mail picker to expose out on the public road in front of the mail box in order to access into mailbox compartment prior to pickup or dropped off mails.
This action sets up an unfortunate situation that mail picker may be dangerously hit by a motor vehicle passing by when picking or dropping off daily mails.

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[0013]The representative embodiment of the present invention will be described with referencing to FIG. 1 thru FIG. 4. The mail box assembly as shown in accordance with the invention according to FIG. 1 thru 4 comprises of a base 01, a secondary-door 02, a primary-door 03, a standard red flag 04 and three self-locking pins 05. The said components can be made from standard mailbox materials, such as plastic molding or sheet metal works.

[0014]The primary-door 03 and the secondary-door 02 held by two self-locking pins 05, as well as the flag 04. The primary-door 03 functions similarly like the conventional mailbox door. The secondary-door 02 functions like a hinged-cover or hinged-door and can be tilted by lifting the handle and providing access to mailbox compartment.

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Abstract

A rural mailbox used for temporarily mails storage has a tiltable secondary-door that can be tilted forward to open and provide a secondary access to mailbox compartment in any position surrounding the mailbox.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]In general, a conventional rural mailbox assembly has a vertical post and a horizontal bar that support the mailbox in a fixed position. Or an integrated plastic molded mailbox that has an integral post and mailbox as one entity. The mailbox compartment can ONLY be accessed thru the front door (or primary-door) by flipping the door down.[0002]However, a conventional rural mailbox is fairly disadvantage because it is too close to the public road and requires mail picker to expose out on the public road in front of the mail box in order to access into mailbox compartment prior to pickup or dropped off mails. This action sets up an unfortunate situation that mail picker may be dangerously hit by a motor vehicle passing by when picking or dropping off daily mails.[0003]Accordingly, it is desirable to provide an effective and safety enhancement mailbox that provides more access to mails and allows the resident picking up or dropping off daily mails just s...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47G29/12
CPCA47G29/1209A47G29/12095
InventorDO, LOGAN HUU
OwnerDO LOGAN HUU