Patents by Inventor Wilbur F. Tapy

Wilbur F. Tapy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4720042
    Abstract: A mailbox open at one end with a door sized and configured for closing the open end hingedly attached at its lower edge to the lower edge of the open end. An elongate signal arm is pivotally attached at its lower end to one side of the mailbox to permit frictionless pivotal movement of the signal arm in a plane parallel to the one side of the mailbox. A pivot stop pin is attached to the one side of the mailbox to engage and stop the signal arm at first and second orientations, in the first of which the signal arm is reclined away from the open end of the mailbox, and in the second of which the signal arm is oriented upwardly and disposed in an over-center condition with respect to the pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Inventor: Wilbur F. Tapy