Patent ID: 7240823

Claim:
A mail bag assembly, including: a mail bag having a mail-receiving opening; and a supporting subassembly, coupled to the bag so as to hold open the mail-receiving opening, and configured to be mounted to a garage door having a mail slot and to support the bag in an open, mail-holding position, wherein the bag is shaped and dimensioned so as to receive and hold mail when supported by the supporting subassembly in the mail-holding position below the mail slot with the garage door in a vertical position, and to prevent the mail from falling out of the bag when the door is moved from the vertical position to an open, horizontal position, wherein the bag has an upper edge that defines the mail-receiving opening, and the supporting subassembly includes a rod that supports and holds open at least a portion of the upper edge, and wherein the supporting subassembly includes brackets configured to be attached to the garage door, wherein each of the brackets receives the rod so that the rod can be rotatably mounted between the brackets and the door to rotatably mount the mail bag to the door, so that the bag can be folded against the door while the supporting subassembly rotates relative to the door.