Secure mailbox system

Abstract

A mailbox system includes a mailbox assembly having a front opening door, the door being shiftable between a closed disposition and an open disposition, a mail depository being revealed by opening the door and an indistinguishable as a security feature secure mail storage assembly remotely located with respect to the mail depository and being in communication therewith, the mail storage assembly being lockable by an unobservable lock. A method of securing postal items in a mailbox system is further included.

1 . A mailbox system, comprising: 
 a mailbox assembly having a front opening door, the door being shiftable between a closed disposition and an open disposition, a mail depository being revealed by opening the door; and    a secure mail storage assembly remotely located with respect to the mail depository and being in communication therewith, postal items deposited in the mail depository being automatically transferred to the mail storage assembly upon closing the door.    
   
   
       2 . The mailbox system of  claim 1 , the secure mail storage assembly being shiftable from a closed, locked, substantially indistinguishable as a security feature disposition to an open disposition for the retrieval of postal items.  
   
   
       3 . The mailbox system of  claim 1 , a secure mail storage assembly lock being unobservable when the door is in the closed disposition.  
   
   
       4 . The mailbox system of  claim 2 , the secure mail storage assembly being substantially received within a support assembly when in the closed, locked disposition.  
   
   
       5 . The mailbox system of  claim 2 , postal items being deposited in a receiving vault located proximate a support assembly base when the secure mail storage assembly is in the closed, locked disposition.  
   
   
       6 . The mailbox system of  claim 1 , the mailbox assembly having a shiftable false floor, inclining of the false floor effecting transfer of the postal items to the mail storage assembly.  
   
   
       7 . The mailbox system of  claim 6 , the shiftable false floor being hingedly coupled to the door and being supported in part by a fulcrum.  
   
   
       8 . The mailbox system of  claim 6 , the shiftable false floor being disposed in a substantially horizontal disposition when the door is in the open disposition and rotatably shifting about the fulcrum to an inclined disposition responsive to closing of the door.  
   
   
       9 . The mailbox system of  claim 3 , the secure mail storage assembly lock having a key slot being disposed in a floor of the mailbox assembly, the key slot being accessible by opening the door.  
   
   
       10 . The mailbox system of  claim 3 , the secure mail storage assembly lock having a shiftable lock bar, the lock bar being shiftable between a locked disposition locking the secure mail storage assembly in a closed disposition and an unlocked disposition freeing the secure mail storage assembly for opening.  
   
   
       11 . The mailbox system of  claim 1 , the secure mail storage assembly including a removable shoe, the shoe defining a vault for receiving deposited mail items therein.  
   
   
       12 . A mailbox system, comprising: 
 a mailbox assembly having a front opening door, the door being shiftable between a closed disposition and an open disposition, a mail depository being revealed by opening the door; and    an indistinguishable as a security feature secure mail storage assembly remotely located with respect to the mail depository and being in communication therewith, the mail storage assembly being lockable by an unobservable lock.    
   
   
       13 . The mailbox system of  claim 12 , the secure mail storage assembly being shiftable from a closed, locked, substantially indistinguishable as a security feature disposition to an open disposition for the retrieval of postal items.  
   
   
       14 . The mailbox system of  claim 12 , the secure mail storage assembly being substantially received within a support assembly when in the closed, locked disposition, in such disposition, the secure mail storage assembly being indistinguishable as a security feature.  
   
   
       15 . The mailbox system of  claim 12 , postal items being deposited in a receiving vault located proximate a support assembly base when the secure mail storage assembly is in the closed, locked disposition.  
   
   
       16 . The mailbox system of  claim 12 , the mailbox assembly having a shiftable false floor, inclining of the false floor effecting transfer of the postal items to the mail storage assembly.  
   
   
       17 . The mailbox system of  claim 16 , the shiftable false floor being hingedly coupled to the door and being supported in part by a fulcrum.  
   
   
       18 . The mailbox system of  claim 16 , the shiftable false floor being disposed in a substantially horizontal disposition when the door is in the open disposition and rotatably shifting about the fulcrum to an inclined disposition responsive to closing of the door.  
   
   
       19 . The mailbox system of  claim 12 , a secure mail storage assembly lock having a key slot being disposed in a floor of the mailbox assembly, the key slot being accessible by opening the door.  
   
   
       20 . The mailbox system of  claim 19 , the secure mail storage assembly lock having a shiftable lock bar, the lock bar being shiftable between a locked disposition locking the secure mail storage assembly in a closed disposition and an unlocked disposition freeing the secure mail storage assembly for opening.  
   
   
       21 . The mailbox system of  claim 12 , the secure mail storage assembly including a removable shoe, the shoe defining a vault for receiving deposited mail items therein.  
   
   
       22 . A method of securing postal items in a mailbox system, comprising: 
 providing a front opening door on a mailbox assembly, the door being shiftable between a closed disposition and an open disposition, revealing a mail depository by opening the door; and    disposing a mail storage assembly remotely with respect to the mail depository in a disposition that is indistinguishable as a security feature secure and communicating the mail storage assembly therewith, locking the mail storage assembly by an unobservable lock.    
   
   
       23 . A mailbox comprising, 
 a front opening box portion with a box interior, the box portion having a door that has a lower hinge and swings open forwardly and downwardly, and a base,    a support post assembly connecting to and supporting the box portion, the support post having an open interior, a bin contained therein, the open interior of the support post operably connected to the open interior of the box portion whereby mail placed in the container portion can fall into the bin, the support post openable forwardly about a lower hinge for removing the bin and mail contained therein.    
   
   
       24 . A mailbox comprising, 
 a front opening box portion with a box interior, the box portion having a door that has a lower hinge and swings open forwardly and downwardly, and a base,    a support post assembly connecting to and supporting the box portion, the support post having a post portion and a cantilever portion and an open interior, the open interior of the support post operably connected to the open interior of the box portion whereby mail placed in the container portion can fall into the open interior of the support post assembly.