Patent ID: 7025250

Claim:
In combination with a mailbox comprising a housing defining an access opening and a pivoted door adapted for closing said opening, an automatic gravity-actuated mailbox indicator comprising: a conspicuous object adapted for being viewed from a distance; a supporting stem extending from said object, and having a free end comprising a flat pivot-resisting foot adapted for locating between a perimeter seal flange of the pivoted door and the mailbox housing when the door is in the closed position; an integral pivot point formed at a junction between said stem and said foot, such that once said foot is set between the pivoted door and mailbox housing, said stem can be manually manipulated to hold said object at any desired elevation relative to the housing; whereby said mailbox indicator is actuated by gravity upon movement of the pivoted door from the closed position to an open position, such that said object falls from the elevated location to a lowered location thereby providing a readily visible indication of an opening of the pivoted door; a clear flexible line extending from said object, and adapted for suspending said mailbox indicator from the mailbox housing when actuated; and a mounting element attached to the flexible line and comprising an adhesive backing for attaching directly to an outside wall of the mailbox housing.