Patent ID: 7281651

Claim:
A multiple mailbox mount, comprising: a vertical post adapted to be anchored in the ground; a body having two opposed, spaced-apart, vertical ends, a continuously-semicircular curved section extending between the vertical ends, and a midpoint, the body being attached to the vertical post at the midpoint; a horizontal bar extending between the vertical ends of the body, at least one of the body and the horizontal bar adapted to support at least one mailbox thereon; with the vertical post adapted to be anchored in the ground in a socket; with a wedge member having a tapered portion filling a gap between the socket and the post; the wedge member having a top with vertical end walls; the vertical post being tubular with a smooth exterior surface and having two diametrically-opposed tabs extending from the exterior surface; and the tabs having planar, vertical faces arranged and adapted to engage the vertical end walls of the wedge member top to prevent turning of the post in the socket.