Patent ID: 6742703
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
A mail collection apparatus comprising:a housing defining: a housing interior space inside the housing; a housing exterior space outside of the housing; and an access opening; an access door supported by the housing and moveable between a door open position providing access to the housing interior space through the access opening and a door closed position blocking the access opening; a chute supported by the housing, the chute comprising an inlet end defining a chute inlet opening adapted for receiving mail and a chute outlet end defining a chute outlet opening opposite the inlet end; and a bag defining a bag interior space and a bag exterior space and comprising an inlet portion defining a bag inlet opening, wherein: the bag and chute are moveable relative each other between: a mail deposit mode, in which the chute and the bag cooperate to form an enclosed mail deposit pathway from the chute inlet opening to the bag inlet opening and adapted so that mail deposited through the chute inlet opening falls along the mail deposit pathway through the chute outlet opening and the bag inlet opening into the bag interior space; and a mail collection mode, in which the chute and the bag are spaced apart from each other.