Abstract: A ground-mounted upright mailbox is provided for receiving and storing therein postal material such as letters and variously-sized packages. The mailbox includes a lower mailbox portion which further defines an inner storage compartment, an upper mailbox portion attached to the lower mailbox portion, and a mounting pipe for securing the mailbox into the ground. A laterally deformable lower bellows member is integrally attached to the mailbox subjacent the lower mailbox portion, the lower bellows member allows the mailbox to laterally deflect from its normal upright position when the mailbox is struck by a physical object. Furthermore, the lower bellows member maintains the mailbox in its deflected position until the mailbox is manually righted. In an alternate embodiment, the upright mailbox is secured to the ground by a plurality of mounting pipes. Each mounting pipe includes a flexible, deformable bellows member protruding from one end and which is adapted for attachment to the lower mailbox portion.

Abstract: The apparatus for obtaining the microfilm photographic transparency comprises a table supporting a frame in which is disposed a rendition of the general data common to all the members of the group. A slide carrying data specific to a member of the group is displaceable from a position wherein it masks the general data to a position where it unmasks the general data. A first microfilm camera, aligned with the general data frame, is triggered when the slide reaches each end of its stroke, such that the camera takes consecutive exposures of the general data and of the specific data. A second microfilm camera aligned with the slide at the end of its stroke unmasking the general data is triggered when the slide is aligned with its optical axis. Two consecutive microfilm frames exposed by the first camera, after processing, are used to form the card, and the roll of film exposed by the second camera, after processing, forms a specific information data bank for storage purposes.

Abstract: A transparent indicia bearing plastic laminate embodying in one integral portion thereof general information and in firmly bonded relation therewith a second portion incorporating specific data directed to a particular individual and which may be a medical history and a photograph, or as an alternative, product specifications and various other forms of visual data. The novel article of this invention is produced by a minimum number of relatively simple and low-cost steps by locating in one section of a carrier member a portrayal of general information such as organization or corporation identity or the like, and in a second section of the carrier member specific data which may include the individual's medical history and photograph accompanied by a fraud-proof signature, or for other applications, product description and operating data, or if a credit card is the purpose, account number, financial background, photograph and signature. The carrier member is sequentially exposed to a 35 mm.

Abstract: A method of producing transparent indicia bearing plastic laminated identification cards, comprising storing individualized information on transparent or opaque sheets, or preferably, on a roll of microfilm, storing general information on a second transparent or opaque sheet or, preferably, on a slide displaying each of said portions of information, consecutively exposing adjacent frames of a roll of microfilm in a microfilm camera to each display by re-aiming, particularly by pivoting, said microfilm camera, developing said microfilm, and heat-sealing a pair of thermo-plastic sheets to surround the two frames of developed microfilm.

Abstract: A microfilm projector installed in the dashboard or instrument panel of a vehicle such as an automobile, a boat, an aircraft, and the like, comprising a rear projection screen mounted in a cut-out portion of the dashboard or instrument panel, a projection lens system and an illumination device for projecting on the rear surface of the screen an enlarged image of information photographically recorded in a transparency card made of a length of microfilm sandwiched between a pair of laminated transparent carriers. The information data transparency card is introduced through a slot in the top of the dashboard or instrument panel and is gravity fed in a chute to an aperture window disposed between the illuminating and lens projecting systems. Controls are provided for turning on and off the illuminating lamp, for stopping and indexing the transparency card at the aperture window, and for dropping the card, after use, into an appropriate receptacle disposed below the chute.