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A mail box indicator system includes a flag post having a flag attached to the post by a removable collar. The post is further attached to an elbow member by a coil. The elbow member is attachable to wall of a mail box. The coil urges the post into a substantially vertical position. A retention asse

A mail box indicator system includes a flag post having a flag attached to the post by a removable collar. The post is further attached to an elbow member by a coil. The elbow member is attachable to wall of a mail box. The coil urges the post into a substantially vertical position. A retention assembly is provided for holding the post in a substantially horizontal orientation when in a set position. The retention assembly is attached to the door of the mail box such that the post disengages the retention assembly when the mail box door is opened. In an alternate embodiment, the mail box indicating system includes a spacer to selectively position the post retention assembly in spaced relationship to the mail box door such that a mail box protrusion proximate the mail box door does not interfere with engagement of the post to the post retention assembly. The elbow member is attachable to the mail box using a bolt and nut holding a pair of rubber washers around a wall of the mail box. Preferably, a pair of metal washers are positioned around the rubber washers.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A mail box indicating system for attachment to a mail box, the mail box including a wall having a hole and a door, the mail box indicating system comprising:a post having a removable collar;a flag being attached to said collar;a coil, a first end of said coil being positioned around

[ I claim:] [1.] A mail box indicating system for attachment to a mail box, the mail box including a wall having a hole and a door, the mail box indicating system comprising:a post having a removable collar;a flag being attached to said collar;a coil, a first end of said coil being positioned around an end of said post opposite said collar, a second end of said coil being coupled to a mounting means for securing said coil to the wall of the mail box such that the coil biases the post into a substantially vertical orientation;a post retention assembly for receiving a distal end of the post, the post retention assembly being for holding the post in a substantially horizontal position, the post retention assembly being adapted for coupling to the door of the mail box such that the retention assembly disengages the post when the door is opened whereby the coil urges the post into said vertical orientation;a means adapted for securing an elbow member to the mailbox, wherein the means adapted for securing said elbow member to the mailbox includes:said elbow member having a bore and a bolt passing through a lumen of said bore, said elbow member being removably coupled to said coil;a first metal washer, said bolt being inserted through said metal washer, the metal washer being positioned adjacent the elbow member;a pair of rubber washers, said bolt being inserted through said pair of rubber washers, a first one of said pair of rubber washers being positioned adjacent said first metal washer;a second metal washer, said bolt being inserted through said second metal washer such that said second metal washer is positioned adjacent a second one of said pair of rubber washers;a nut for coupling to said bolt adjacent the second metal washer;wherein the bolt is adapted to extend through the hole in the wall of the mail box such that the pair of rubber washers are positionable on either side of the wall of the mail box whereby the elbow member is adapted to be secured to the mail box when the nut is tightened.