IP Library Granted Patent US 10,111,547
Granted Patent B2
US 10,111,547 · App. 15/662,195 · Granted Oct 30, 2018

Theft-resistant wall mount mailbox

Inventor: David J. Bolles (Sammamish, WA)
A47G29/124A47G29/1251A47G29/22
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Patent No.
US 10,111,547
App. No.
15/662,195
Granted
Oct 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wall mount mailbox is provided. A housing includes a front side and a back side. A rotatable mail deposit includes a mail delivery door and an inner panel affixed on a proximate end at an angle to a bottom of the mail delivery door, and is pivotably attached to the front side of the housing. A mail slot is formed as an opening within a front surface of the housing when the rotatable mail deposit is in a fully open position allowing mail to be deposited through the opening over each of the inner panel and the safety arm. A mail retrieval door is located below the rotatable mail deposit and is pivotably attached to the front side of the housing.

Claims (32)

1. A wall mount mailbox, comprising:

a housing having a front side and a back side;

a rotatable mail deposit pivotably attached to the front side of the housing and comprising a mail delivery door and an inner panel, said inner panel comprising a substantially flat surface affixed on a proximate end at an angle to a bottom of the mail delivery door;

a safety arm comprising a substantially flat surface affixed at a further angle at an end of the substantially flat surface of the inner panel opposite the mail delivery door;

a mail slot formed as an opening within a front surface of the housing when the rotatable mail deposit is in a fully open position allowing mail to be deposited through the opening over each of the inner panel and the safety arm; and

a mail retrieval door located below the rotatable mail deposit and pivotably attached to the front side of the housing.

2. A wall mount mailbox according to claim 1 , wherein the safety arm restricts access to an interior of the housing.

3. A wall mount mailbox according to claim 1 , wherein the further angle comprises a right angle or greater.

4. A wall mount mailbox according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a key to access mail in an interior of the housing via the mail retrieval door.

5. A wall mount mailbox according to claim 1 , wherein the mail delivery door is less than half a length of the mail retrieval door.

6. A wall mount mailbox according to claim 1 , further comprising:

one or more side panels each interfixed between the mail delivery door and the inner panel.

7. A wall mount mailbox according to claim 6 , wherein the side panels each comprise one of a rod, bar, or flat surface.

8. A wall mount mailbox according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the front and back sides of the housing is less than one half of each of the front and back sides.

9. A wall mount mailbox according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is mounted on a vertical surface via the back side.

10. A method for constructing a wall mount mailbox, comprising:

providing a housing having a front side and a back side;

pivotably attaching to the front side of the housing a rotatable mail deposit comprising a mail delivery door and an inner panel, said inner panel comprising a substantially flat surface affixed on a proximate end thereof at an angle to a bottom of the mail delivery door;

providing a safety arm comprising a substantially flat surface affixed at a further angle at an end of the substantially flat surface of the inner panel opposite the mail delivery door;

forming a mail slot as an opening within a front surface of the housing when the rotatable mail deposit is in a fully open position allowing mail to be deposited through the opening over each of the inner panel and the safety arm; and

pivotably attaching a mail retrieval door to the front side of the housing below the rotatable mail deposit.

11. A method according to claim 10 , wherein the safety arm restricts access to an interior of the housing.

12. A method according to claim 10 , wherein the further angle comprises a right angle or greater.

13. A method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

providing a key to access mail in an interior of the housing via the mail retrieval door.

14. A method according to claim 10 , wherein the mail delivery door is less than half a length of the mail retrieval door.

15. A method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

interfixing one or more side panels between the mail delivery door and the inner panel.

16. A method according to claim 15 , wherein the side panels each comprise one of a rod, bar, or flat surface.

17. A method according to claim 10 , wherein a distance between the front and back sides of the housing is less than one half of each of the front and back sides.

18. A method according to claim 10 , wherein the housing is mounted on a vertical surface via the back side.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2024
From: BOLLES, DAVID J.
To: EPOCH DESIGN, LLC
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 14693823 · Apr 22, 2015
Provisional Application 61982864 · Apr 22, 2014
Related Publication 20170318998A1 · Nov 9, 2017