Patent · US Expired

Mail box signal

US4901914A · kind A · utility

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6References
8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 1988
Grant dateFeb 20, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 27, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47G2029/12105
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A mail box or similar container having a self cancelling signal indicator which is activated by the opening of the mail box door. The signal is a crankshaft which has on each end of the crankshaft a crank arm, each arm being perpendicular to said crankshaft and in an offset direction to the other crank arm, one of said crank arms having at the end opposite said crankshaft a combination weight and position indicator.

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