Pete Shivers just got tired of scraping up the side of his truck getting the mail.
He lives where there is a row of mailboxes, so when he came in after dark and tried to pull up close enough, he would scratch his truck on other boxes. The idea of having to reach all the way back into a dark mailbox was another factor, according to Shivers.
So, he invented a mailbox drawer that slides out, and found a manufacturer in Hot Springs, AR, who would build it out of heat resistant polypropelene plastic.
So far, the mail carriers Shivers has polled all like the pull-out drawer and say it makes their job easier.
To date he has sold 250 of his invention to places are far away as Canada and South Carolina.
Photo by Jasper Newsboy.
JJ Loch on October 17th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Does he have an mailbox invention for the snow plow driver from hell? People around here have tried everything out there to no avail.
Hugs, JJ :D
aaron on October 19th, 2007 at 6:56 am
What a great idea. My wife & I have similar issues with our mailbox. I might need to try and construct one for us (unless his cost are pretty cheap).
Thanks for sharing.