Mailbox

- Rubbermaid Incorporated

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top right front perspective view of a mailbox showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view being a mirror image; and,

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof.

The broken line showing of support for a mailbox in FIGS. 1-4 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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  • Catalog page, Mailboxes; Step 2 Corporation, 10010 Aurora-Hudson Road, P.O. Box 2412, Streetsboro, Ohio 44241-0412. Published at least as early as May, 1996.
Patent History
Patent number: D385680
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 1, 1996
Date of Patent: Oct 28, 1997
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventors: Joseph C. Cacciola (Hudson, OH), Patrick Douglas (Medina, OH), Angela Hineman (Wooster, OH)
Primary Examiner: Doris V. Coles
Attorneys: Richard B. O'Planick, Lisa B. Riedesel
Application Number: 0/57,837
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Mailbox (D99/29); With Post (D99/32)
International Classification: 9900;