Patent ID: 6347710
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: B07C,Y10S

Abstract:
A rack for storing sorted mailpieces that have been sorted by an automated mail sorting apparatus comprising:a plurality of shelves each comprising an upper end and a lower end and configured to accept and store mail containers, each shelf positioned at an angle of between about 13 and 15 degrees from horizontal; a shelf extension projecting from the lower end of at least one shelf of the plurality of shelves, each extension having an angle of between about 30 and 50 degrees to horizontal and an angle of between about 75 and 80 degrees to vertical, each shelf comprising at least one rest for holding one of the mail containers at the angle of the extension for facilitating access by an operator; and a ridge secured at the lower end of at least one of the plurality of shelves to keep a forward most mail container on the shelf from sliding onto the extension.