Local inventor invents mailbox drawer

Courtesy photo JUST PULL OUT and you can look before you grab.This mailbox drawer was invented by Pete Shiver of Kirbyville and is sold at several local building supply companies. He will also have a booth at the South Texas State Fair, Oct. 11-21 in Beaumont.

Kirbyville inventor 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.

It fits any T1 or T1a existing mailbox. 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 inventions to places are far away as Canada and South Carolina. He will have a booth at the South Texas State Fair in Beaumont, Oct. 11-21. It is also sold in some local building supply stores.