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Mail Delivery Alert System

  • US 20100001861A1
  • Filed: 07/03/2008
  • Published: 01/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mail delivery alert system, comprising:

  • a mailbox housing that encloses an interior space and that defines an open front;

    a door pivotally coupled to said housing and movable between open and closed configurations relative to said open front;

    a first sensor positioned in said housing so as to detect an opening of said door;

    a second sensor positioned in said housing so as to detect the presence of an article in said open space of said housing;

    a transmitter;

    a processor electrically connected to said first and second sensors and to said transmitter, said processor including programming for actuating said transmitter to transmit an alert signal through the air upon said first sensor detecting an opening of said door and said second sensor detecting the presence of an article in said open space of said housing; and

    a receiver remote from said transmitter for receiving said alert signal.

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