US1533887A

US1533887A - Mail-box support

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Publication number: US1533887A
Application number: US727013A
Authority: US
Inventors: Casper M Mugler
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-07-19
Filing date: 1924-07-19
Publication date: 1925-04-14
Anticipated expiration: 1942-04-14

Description

April 14, 1925.

' c. M. MUGLER MAIL BOX SUPPORT Filed July 13. 1924 illllu u n INVENTOR I Q I LTMMu lei; M M BY ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

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Application filed my 19, 1924;. Serial No. 72?,013;

To aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CASPER M. MUoLen, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident o't Clay-Center, in'the county of Clay and State of Kansas, have inventedcertain new and useful TlIlPtOK'GllEHCS in hla-il lioi:

- Supports, of which the following is a speci fieation.

My present invention relates generally to mail box supports, and more particularly to the supports of mail boxes alongrural routes which are commonly-placed at the sides of country roads and which asordi narily constructed must? be taken up and laid aside incase the road-is to be graded.

It is the primary object of my invention to provide a simple and inexpensive construction which will be strong and durable and which will enable the mail box supported thereby to be swung out of its ordinary position and into a position whereby the road may be graded without removing the support from the ground.

In carrying out my invention I providethe construction shown in the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification and in which Figure 1 is a side view illustrating my invention applied in use,

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the up per section removed,

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the upper sect-ion shown in Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a front elevation of the lower section, and

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the lower section shown in Figure at.

Referring now to these figures my invention proposes a mail box support including a lower tubular section 10, whose lower end is preferably out along a diagonal line as at 11 to form-a ground penetrating point 12, the said section being formed of'material bent into tubular form with spaced parallel edges 13 so that it is adapted to limited expansion and contraction for purpose to be presently described. This lower section has an upper head 14: which includes diametrically outstanding apertured wings 15 and a wing 16 which projects therefrom at right angles to the wings 15.

The upper section generally indicated at 17 has an upright body of channel form provided at its lower end with diametrically outstanding apertured wings 18 and with an Q'XtGDSlOIl 19 below said wings bent to up-peivsection has a. right angularly extendiingilioriaontalsupporting arm- 21' of similar form, this arnrlieing-uphead by diagonal brace. arms 221 securely connected thereto and to the body lt' iintermediate the ends thereof; At its outer end the supporting arm 21 which is adaptedi for the support of a mail box: 23, has lateralextensionsi 21 'and is apertured as at 25 'in order that such mail' box may be. rigidly connected thereto.

With the extension 19 of the upper section depending in telescoping relation within the upper end of the lower section and with the wings 18 of the upper section seated on the diametrically outstanding wings 15 of the lower section and connected to the latter by pins and the like depending through the i alined apertures of the wings, it is obvious that theupper section will be supported in connection Vwith the lower section against horizontal swinging movement and that these sections will be held in the relative position shown in Figure 1 with the box supporting arm 21 outstanding over a road-- way ditch adjacent to which the lower section of the box support is planted as in Figure 1. In order to prevent the parts from relative displacement by vertical movement of the upper section, a clamp 26 may be em ployed around the lower section so as to. slightly contract the latter and thus clamp the extension of the upper section and hold the same in place, It for any reason itris desired to swing the mail box supporting arm to a position paralleling the road side, as when the road is being graded or resurfaced, it is simply necessary to loosen the clamp 26 and lift the pins 27 free of the wings 15. The upper section may then be turned until one of. its wings 18 is alined with the wing 16 of the lower section, whereupon one of the pins 27 may be dropped through the openings in order to temporarily hold the box supporting arm 21 in the dotted line position of Figure 1 or in other words at right angles to the normal position thereof shown in full lines in said figure.

I claim:

1. A mail box support including upper and lower sections, the lower section being of tubular, expansible and contractible form and having an upper head including radially outstanding wings, the upper section having an upright body provided at its lower portion with outstanding wings to seat on the wings of the lower section and also having a depending extension of tubular forni telescoping within the upper portions of the lower section, said upper section having. a horizontally outstanding box supporting arm, and having braces connecting its said body portion and its said outstanding arm, and a clamp around the upper portion of the lower section to clanipingly engage the same with the inner telescoping extension of theupper section.

2. A mail box. supporting device of the character described including upper and lower sections of which the lower section is of tubular, expansible and contractible form, the upper section having at its lower portion a depending extension telescoping within the upper portion of the lowersection, a clamp around the lower section to clamp the same in connection with the said extension, a horizontally outstanding box supporting arin carried by the upper end of the upper section, and apertured engaging wings outstanding from the upper portion of the lower section and the-adjacent portion of the upper section whereby the upper section may be normally locked against rotation with respect to the lower section. v

3. A mail box support including a lower section of tubular, expansible and contractible form adapted to bepartially embedded in the ground, an upper section having a lower extension telescoping-within the upper portion of the lower section, a clamp around the upper portion of the lower section, said upper section having an upper box supporting arm, and said sections having apertured relatively engaging means whereby the upper section may be normally locked against rotation with respect to the lower section.

' CASPER M. MUGLER.