Patent ID: 9359164
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: B07C,B65H

Claim Text:
1. A transport container adapted to be stacked on an angle for maintaining the relative position of mailpieces stacked therein during transport, each transport container comprising: a base and a plurality of vertical walls projecting from the base to define an enclosure for containing mailpieces therein, the base having a transverse abutment surface formed therein and a pair of stops projecting outwardly from opposing vertical walls of the plurality of vertical walls, and the vertical walls each defining an outwardly extending lip along an upper edge thereof, wherein opposing outwardly extending lips each include a detent therein that is separated from the stops by a portion of the outwardly extending lip and vertical walls, wherein, when first and second transport containers are stacked one atop the other, the outwardly extending lip of a first vertical wall of the first transport container accepts the transverse abutment surface of the second transport container and the detents of the opposing outwardly extending lips of the first transport container accepts the stops of the second transport container such that the first and second transport containers are retained relative to each other in stacked relation.