Patent ID: 6913151
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: B07C

Abstract:
1. A method for sorting and delivering mail, said method comprising the steps of: inserting a portable mail tray having a tray bottom, a tray rear wall, tray side walls and spaced barrier elements projecting upwardly therefrom and defining spaced, substantially parallel recesses into a compartment of a housing having a plurality of mail dividers projecting into the interior thereof, the compartment having an open front, a compartment bottom, compartment sides, and a compartment back extending between the compartment sides, and the portable mail tray being inserted through said open front; positioning said portable mail tray on the compartment bottom at a selected location within said compartment with said tray bottom below said mail dividers and said tray sidewalls located adjacent to and substantially parallel to said compartment sides to promote proper positioning of the portable mail tray and extending upwardly between said compartment sides, and said mail dividers and said recesses extending substantially parallel to said dividers, said compartment sides and said tray sidewalls; placing mail between said mail dividers and into contact with said tray bottom, with the mail supported on edge in said recesses between said barrier elements to restrain the mail against sideways movement; after mail has been placed between said mail dividers and into contact with the tray bottom, manually removing the portable mail tray from said compartment through said open front along with the mail within the portable mail tray with said mail on edge in said recesses; completely separating the portable mail tray and the mail in the portable mail tray from the housing while maintaining the mail on edge; and transporting the portable mail tray with the mail remaining in the portable mail tray to addressees of the mail in the portable mail tray to deliver said mail to said addressees.