Title: Mail box

Abstract: A mail box having a conventional hood portion and tilt-type inlet chute and a base portion which includes a frame and a receptacle removably received in the frame, the hood portion being hinged to the frame at the rear thereof and having an extension at the front adapted to retain the receptacle in the frame when the hood is closed, a lock being provided to hold the hood releasably in closed position. The receptacle is intended to be removed, with its contents, at regular collection times, and replaced by an empty receptacle.

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Inventors: Neal, Louis A. (Branford, CT, US)

Application Number: 590519
Filing Date: 1975-06-26
Publication_date: 1976-09-21
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Primary Class(es): 232/17 232/43.2
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US Patent Ref:

651773	Jun, 1900	Smith	248/97.
1135810	Apr, 1915	Jones	232/43.
3204866	Sep, 1965	Brighton	232/43.
3261545	Jul, 1966	Frazier	232/43.
3300128	Jan, 1967	Jasinski et al.	232/17.
3793756	Feb, 1974	Kay et al.	232/43.

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Primary Examiner: Frazier, Roy D.
Assistant Examiner: Lyddane, William E.
Attorney: DeLio and Montgomery