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Extendable mailbox trays

US4753385A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 18, 1986
Grant dateJun 28, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 18, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47G29/1209
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Extendable trays for use in conventional rural route mailboxes for facilitating the placement and removal of mail with respect thereto wherein the trays are constructed utilizing scored or integrally hinged sheet material which is selectively folded into a generally flat or planar configuration or package for shipping or distribution and which is assembled by a postal customer so as to be of a size and configuration to be cooperatively and slidingly received within a particular mailbox. In one form of the invention, the sheet material may be selectively folded into a number of sizes so that trays of varying dimensions may be formed from the same sheet of material.

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