Patent ID: 7201307
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A high security mailbox which comprises: a) an elongated housing having a front wall, a rear opening and a chamber therein to receive and store incoming mail items; b) means, in said elongated housing, for depositing the incoming mail items within said chamber by a mail person; c) an access door hinged to said rear opening of said elongated housing, wherein said access door will move between an open position and a closed position; d) means, operatively associated with said access door, for locking said access door in the closed position, wherein an authorized person can disengage said locking means to move said access door from the closed position to the open position, so that the authorized person can remove the incoming mail items from said chamber of said elongated housing; and e) wherein said depositing means comprises a plurality of slots through said elongated housing, wherein the incoming mail items can be inserted through said slots and into said chamber, one of said slots being continuously curved and formed through said front wall, and one of said slots being straight and formed through said front wall.