Patent ID: 7383981
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. An indicator apparatus for a mailbox, the apparatus comprising: first indicator means and second indicator means, the first indicator means and the second indicator means mounted to the mailbox in an adjacent relationship; each one of the indicator means rotatable between an up position and a down position; at least one of the indicator means comprising means for urging one or both of the indicator means between the up position and the down position; the urging means mounted to one of the indicator means, the urging means engaging and urging the first indicator means and the second indicator means from the down position to the up position; the urging means is mounted to the first indicator means a portion of the urging means projecting from a posterior side of the first indicator means, the urging means elongated to traverse the width occupied by the first indicator means and the second indicator means so as to concurrently engage and urge the first indicator means and the second indicator means from the down position to the up position; and the second indicator means comprises urging means mounted to the second indicator means, the urging means elongated to traverse the width occupied by the first indicator means and the second indicator means so as to concurrently engage and urge the first indicator means and the second indicator means from the up position to the down position.