Patent ID: 7090119

Claim:
A mailbox comprising: a postal compartment housing including a roof having a downwardly facing surface, a pair of laterally spaced side walls extending downwardly from said roof, said side walls having laterally confronting upright surfaces on their laterally inward sides, said downwardly facing surface and said confronting upright surfaces defining a doorway, and a ridge structure extending downwardly from said downwardly facing surface of said roof and laterally inward from said confronting upright surfaces of said side walls, and a door in said doorway, said door having a front side and a rear side, said door being hinged at its lower end to said pair of laterally spaced side walls for movement between an open position and a closed position, an indentation formed on the top and laterally opposite edges of said rear side of said door, said indentation including a vertical surface and a shoulder extending from said vertical surface toward said ridge structure when said door is in said closed position, said shoulder having an outwardly opening recess formed therein and in juxtaposed registration with said ridge structure when said door is in said closed position.