Patent ID: 7201306

Claim:
In combination, a multipurpose newspaper box, a mailbox and a support, said combination comprising said mailbox including an interior for receiving mail, and a door for access to said interior; said newspaper box adapted for connection to said mailbox and comprising: a pair of laterally spaced parallel upright side walls having front and rear ends, an upright back wall secured to said rear ends of said side walls, a bottom wall secured to said side and back walls, said walls defining said newspaper box with a closed rear end and an open front end, and a pair of upwardly extending laterally confronting recesses in said side walls adjacent their respective front ends; a closure panel adapted to substantially close the open front end of said newspaper box to convert said newspaper box to a planter when said mailbox is removed from said newspaper box; wherein said recesses terminate short of the top of said side walls and wherein said closure panel includes laterally opposite end portions complementary to said recesses which snap into said recesses to form a fixed front wall.