Patent ID: 7427012
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A mailbox, comprising a mailbox body defining an interior space therein and a pair of opposed access openings through which said interior space is accessible; a cavity having a pair of opposed side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, said pair of end walls extending from said bottom wall and terminating at a shoulder relative to said opposed access openings, wherein said cavity is recessed with respect to said opposed access openings and in communication with said interior space, and accessible through said opposed access openings; and a first and second door pivotally attached to said mailbox body adjacent said opposed access openings, respectively, said first and second doors each being movable between a closed position covering an entire portion of a respective one of said access openings and an open position providing access to said interior space and said cavity through said respective one of said two access openings, wherein said cavity, said interior space, and said opposed access openings are jointly configured so as to allow mail contained within said cavity to be removed through either one of said opposed access openings.