Patent ID: 7451912

Claim:
A mailbox tray adapted to rest upon the floor of a mailbox, comprising: a body having a flat elongated base strip and a rear wall projecting perpendicularly from the rearward edge of the base strip, the base strip including a plurality of spaced elongated slots running perpendicular to the long side of said base strip; a pair of elongated side members, each side member comprising a taller wall and a shorter wall, said taller wall and shorter wall are joined along one longitudinal edge perpendicular to each other; and means for slidably coupling said side members to said body, whereby one of said side member walls abuts said base strip facewise, while the other side walls projects vertically upward and cooperates with said base strip and rear wall to define a mail-receiving cavity, the coupling means comprising a fastener having an enlarged head, said fastener passing through an aperture formed in the base strip abutting wall of said side member and through one of said slots, thereby fastening the side members to the body, whereby said slot permits lateral movement of the fastened side member relative to said body.