Patent ID: 7481357

Claim:
A combined mailbox and swivel mount assembly for absorbing impact forces during extended periods of time, said combined mailbox and swivel mount assembly comprising: a mailbox made from durable rubber material; an elongated and rectilinear post having axially opposed ends; a mounting bracket fixedly and statically coupled directly to an anterior side of said post; a base bracket fixedly and statically coupled to an underside of said mailbox, said base bracket terminating anterior to a posterior side of said mailbox; and a sleeve monolithically formed with a posterior side of said base bracket, said sleeve having a longitudinal length registered parallel with a longitudinal length of said post; wherein said sleeve is rotatably coupled to said mounting bracket in such a manner that said base bracket and said mailbox freely articulate in sync about a fulcrum axis defined parallel to said sleeve and along an arcuate path defined substantially anterior of said post.