Self-righting mailbox support

Claim 1

A mailbox support comprising a tubular upright member adapted to have one end secured in the ground alongside a roadway, a capped plug rotatably contained on the open upper end of the upright member, an elongated horizontally-disposed member secured at one end to the capped plug and having its other end normally positioned close to the Roadway and adapted to be supportingly secured to a mailbox, a helical coil spring contained in the upright member, an anchor plug contained in the upright member, the plug being secured to the upright member by bolt means therethrough, each end of the spring being at least partially bent to extend radially of the spring, the capped plug having a slot across its lower end, the anchor plug having a slot across its upper end, the spring bent upper end lying in the capped plug slot, the spring bent lower and lying in the anchor plug slot, a pin extending diametrically across the capped plug slot below the spring bent upper end, and a pin extending diametrically across the anchor plug slot above the spring bent lower end, whereby when the mailbox end of the horizontally disposed member is struck by a vehicle it swings away from the roadway and is returned to its normal position by the spring.