Patent ID: 7025249

Claim:
A mailbox system and for notifying a user when mail has arrived, said system comprising: a housing having a longitudinal axis and a substantially planar bottom surface extending parallel thereto, said housing being securable to a support stand and having oppositely spaced open end portions for receiving and dispensing mail therethrough, said housing including a plurality of latches disposed adjacent said end portions; a plurality of doors connected to said housing and adjacent said end portions thereof, said plurality of doors having a plurality of upper lip portions extending substantially parallel to the axis and being slidably engageable between said housing and said plurality of latches respectively so that said plurality of doors can be maintained at a substantially stable closed position; means for identifying when mail has been placed within said housing, said identifying means being disposed partially within and partially outside of a select portion of said housing and adjacent one said plurality of doors; remote means for transmitting a signal to a user when said identifying means is activated, said remote means being operably connected with said identifying means; and a plurality of power supply sources electrically coupled to said identifying and remote means respectively wherein said remote means comprises a mobile transceiver being hand-operable by an operator, and a stationary transceiver being disposed within said housing and operably coupled to said identifying means; wherein said stationary transceiver generates and sends a signal to said mobile transceiver for identifying a current mode of said system, said mobile transceiver for generating and sending a responding signal to said stationary transceiver and for deactivating the current mode as desired by a user.