Patent ID: 8261966

Claim:
A receptacle for secure mail and parcel receipt and storage comprising: a housing that includes: an upper compartment into which mail is first placed; a lower compartment into which mail is deposited from the upper compartment; a front door, located on a front of the receptacle, which is opened to provide access to the upper compartment and through which mail is placed into the upper compartment; a trap door, operatively connected to the front door, in the upper compartment, and an access door that includes a lock, wherein the access door is unlocked and opened to provide access to the lower compartment, whereby mail deposited and stored in the lower compartment may be retrieved through the access door; and a base connected to the housing, wherein the base cooperates with an anchor which secures the receptacle to the ground, wherein the base is affixed to the anchor with rubber sleeves that fit over an end of the anchor, wherein the rubber sleeves expand in holes in the base when nuts are tightened on the rubber sleeves, and wherein a tight fit of the holes in the base around the expanded rubber sleeves affixes the base to the anchor.