Rene J Sauzedde

US Patent:

54491118, Sep 12, 1995

Filed:

May 9, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/239449

Inventors:

Rene J. Sauzedde - Marietta GA
Jerry Doe - Marietta GA

International Classification:

B65D 9100

US Classification:

232 17

Abstract:

A mailbox with front and back doors and floor with angled surfaces comprising: a floor panel adapted to be supported in a horizontal plane by a post, the panel having long side edges and short front and back edges; an upper portion formed with parallel side walls extending upwardly from the side edges of the floor panel and curved in a semi-cylindrical configuration along the length of the floor panel, a forward extension and a rearward extension constructed as extensions of the front and rear edges of the upper portion at the front and back portion of the upper portion, the extension portions being formed of a curve slightly reduced with respect to the upper portion and having an upwardly extending projection on the upper surface thereof; and a front door and a back door, each door being formed of a planar section with parallel sides and a semi-circular upper curve corresponding in shape to the upper portion, the door including an inwardly extending lip positionable between an opened position wherein the door is essentially parallel with the floor panel and a closed position wherein the interior surface of the lip is in frictional contact with the projection and hinge means coupling the lower extent of each door with the lower extent of the upper portion at the front and the back.