Patent ID: 8616435

Claim:
A one-piece mailbox device for insertion within the cavity of a mailbox, the mailbox including a rear wall, an access opening and an access door, the mailbox device comprising: a first elongated member having flat top and bottom surfaces, opposed side edges, and opposed end edges, said opposed side edges extending upwardly and downwardly no further than said flat top and bottom surfaces, said first member extending along at least a portion of the length of said mailbox cavity and having a width less than the width of the mailbox cavity, said flat bottom surface resting upon the supporting floor surface of the mailbox cavity; a second member extending along at least a portion of the width of the mailbox cavity and extending above said first member, said second member being straight and fixedly attached to said first member adjacent one of said opposed end edges of said first member and having opposed end portions which extend beyond the periphery of the opposed side edges of said first member such that said second member extends further across the width of the mailbox cavity as compared to said first member; said device being insertable within the mailbox cavity such that said second member lies in the vicinity of the rear wall of the mailbox and the opposite end edge of said first member lies in the vicinity of the access opening of the mailbox; said device being movable from a position wherein said second member lies in the vicinity of the rear wall of the mailbox to a position wherein said second member lies in the vicinity of the access opening of the mailbox.