Patent ID: 7232056

Claim:
A security mailbox, comprising: a) a hollow, substantially rectangular box having two spaced apart, substantially parallel left and right sides, a front and a rear surface, a closed bottom and an open top; b) an axle disposed transversely within said hollow, rectangular box proximate said open top, substantially parallel to said closed bottom and substantially perpendicular to the major plane of both said front and said rear surface of said hollow, rectangular box; c) a thin, planar, rotating platform rigidly affixed to said axle, and sized and configured to substantially close a cross section of said hollow, rectangular box when said platform is parallel to said closed bottom and in a closed position and to substantially open said cross section when said platform is disposed substantially perpendicular to said closed bottom; d) means for limiting rotation of said axle and said thin, planar, rotating platform to a single direction; and e) means for limiting rotation of said axle and said thin planar rotating platform to approximately a single revolution when said platform rotates from a ready mail receiving position to said closed position.