Patent ID: 8297493

Claim:
A mail box flag that fits on to a front door of the mail box, comprising: a flag; a back plate secured to the front door of the mail box; a rod mounted in fixed relation to said back plate and extending in a generally vertical direction; a flag arm having a first end to which said flag is secured and a second end having a tubular shape to define a hole for receiving said rod such that said flag arm is slidable along said rod in said generally vertical direction, and pivotably moveable from a first position with said flag arm and said flag disposed adjacent to the front door of the mail box to a mail indicating second position with said flag arm and said flag extending outward from the front door of the mail box; a raised lip fixed to said back plate and disposed adjacent to said rod, said raised lip positioned for preventing said flag arm from moving from said mail indicating second position to said first position; and a bracket fixed to said back plate for receiving said flag arm and holding said flag arm in said first position.