Patent ID: 6234387
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: A47G,G09F

Abstract:
A mail box insert assembly for use with an existing mail box housing having an open front end in connection with an existing mail compartment defined by existing housing sidewalls, said mail box insert assembly comprising:a housing insert portion; anda facade plate assembly integrally formed with said housing insert portion;said housing insert portion having a curved top portion and a rectangular bottom portion and is sized to frictionally slide completely into the open front end of the existing mail box housing and into the existing mail compartment thereof defined by the existing housing sidewalls;said rectangular bottom portion having opposed vertical sidewalls that are each provided with a thumb screw securing assembly including a threaded opening formed through said vertical sidewall and a thumb screw including a threaded shaft portion companionately threaded to engage said threaded opening of said vertical sidewall and a knob portion;said threaded shaft being of sufficient length such that a tip end of said threaded shaft is threadably extendable past an exterior side surface of said vertical sidewall at least one-half inch so as to contact the existing housing sidewalls and generate a compressional force against the existing housing sidewalls to secure said housing insert portion within the existing mail compartment;said facade plate assembly being integrally formed with a front edge of said housing insert portion and including a pivoting access door in connection with a mail receiving cavity formed within said housing insert portion, a decorative facade plate defining an access opening in connection with said mail receiving cavity of said housing insert portion, and a mail flag pivotally attached to said facade plate.