Patent ID: 7051920

Claim:
A mail retrieval system for allowing a user to retrieve mail from a curb side location, the mail retrieval system comprising: a support assembly being adapted for being positioned on a support surface, said support assembly having a first end and a second end; a mail receiving member being coupled to said support assembly such that said mail receiving member is selectively transported along said support assembly; and a drive assembly coupled to said support assembly, said drive assembly being operationally coupled to said mail receiving assembly for transporting said mail receiving member along said support assembly when said drive assembly is actuated by the user; wherein said support assembly comprises a rail member extending between said first end and said second end and a carriage member slidably mounted on said rail member for movement between said first end and said second end, said mail receiving member being mounted on said carriage member, said carriage member straddling said rail member; said drive assembly comprises a drive member wherein said drive member includes a cable extending between said first end and said carriage member, and a chain extending between said carriage member and said second end, free ends of said cable being mounted on said carriage member and free ends of said chain being mounted on said carriage member.