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Security mailbox
| Details |
Inventors: Darvishian, Arthur;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Frazier; Roy D.
Assistant Examiner: Aschenbrenner; Peter A.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Kramer; Raymond F.
A mailbox for the reception and protection of mail comprises a mail receptacle or container with a door, an alarm system control switch, responsive to the opening and closing of the mailbox door to activate an alarm when the door is open, illuminating means to light an area near the mailbox and intercommunication means for identification of and conversation with a caller or person using the mailbox. The mentioned security features of the mailbox are components of a pre-wired unit and installation is thereby greatly simplified and facilitated. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A security mailbox attachable to a wall of a dwelling, comprising a mail receptacle, door means mounted thereon for the deposit of mail into the receptacle and withdrawal therefrom, an activating switch mounted behind said door responsive to the opening of said door means for activating an alarm, a light transmitting shelf in the mail receptacle on which the deposited mail rests, a downwardly and inwardly angled light transmitting panel at a front bottom portion of the mailbox, illuminating means located within the box and below the shelf so that when activated it lights the box interior and the area about the mailbox at night, on the front of the box are mounted an intercommunication transmitter-speaker unit, a manually operable switch for turning on the illuminating means, and a manually operable switch for activating a bell, mounted within the box is a switch means for turning on the illuminating means in response to the opening of the door, and wiring means for transmitting electric power to the alarm switch, to the intercommunication transmitter-speaker unit, to the illuminating means and to the bell switch, which wiring means are communicable through an opening in a back wall of the mailbox with the interior of the dwelling to which the security mailbox is attachable.
2.
A security mailbox according to claim 1 in which the intercommunication transmitter-speaker unit is mounted on the front of the mailbox below the door means and shelf thereof, said wiring means being located beneath the shelf, except for such means communicating with the activating switch responsive to the opening of the door, said wiring means are pre-wired in the mailbox and are communicable with a source of power in the dwelling to which the mailbox is attachable, and the mailbox includes a back wall which is mountable on the wall of a dwelling on which the security mailbox is attachable and which has an opening therein through which the wiring means pass.
3.
A security mailbox according to claim 2 wherein the illuminating means is an electric lamp adapted to illuminate an exterior area about the mailbox and to illuminate the mailbox interior
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