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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Robert W. Lackey, Hickory, NC (US);
Robert C. Beckmann, Vail, NC (US);
Inventors:
Robert W. Lackey, Hickory, NC (US);
Robert C. Beckmann, Vail, NC (US);
Assignee:
RWL Corporation, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mailbox is provided with a rain intercepting structure which includes a groove in a shoulder formed on the laterally opposite sides and the top of the mailbox door and a ridge on the inside of the mailbox doorway in juxtaposed registration with the groove. Moisture impacting the ridge is diverted to the groove and drains out its bottom ends, thus protecting the mail against rain damage.