Patent ID: 7905390
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A mailbox alert device for alerting a resident that mail has arrived in a mailbox, said mailbox alert device comprising: (a) a vertically oriented flag pole having a first end extending above the mailbox and a second end attached to a first side of the mailbox via a first attachment means; (b) a first pulley disposed near the first end of the flag pole and a second pulley disposed near the second end of the flag pole; (c) a circular cable adapted to wrap and slide around both the first pulley and the second pulley, wherein the cable has a front portion and a back portion; (d) a flag attached to a first position on the front portion of the cable; (e) a tab disposed on a side edge of the flag; and (f) a flag stopper attached to the front portion of the cable at a top edge of the flag; wherein the flag is movable between an up position near the first end of the flag pole and a down position near the second end of the flag pole, wherein the flag is biased in the up position caused by a weight attached to a first position on the back portion of the cable; wherein the flag is secured in the down position by closing the tab of the flag in the front door, which prevents the weight from pulling the flag upwardly to the up position; wherein when the from door of the mailbox is opened, the tab is released from the door, which allows the weight to fall toward the second end of the flag pole and the flag to move to the up position.