A pocket-overhead conveyor system comprising: an overhead conveyor for transporting pockets along a guiding rail in a downstream conveying direction, wherein the pockets are hanging perpendicularly beneath the guiding rail, and wherein the pockets are orientated substantially horizontally in a loading position; a loading station comprising a deflecting device, wherein the deflecting device comprises an upstream end and a downstream end, and is arranged beneath the guiding rail of the overhead conveyor, wherein the pockets get in contact with the deflecting device during the transport in the conveying direction for rotating the pockets at least initially during a continued transport in the conveying direction from the perpendicular transport position into the substantially horizontal loading position; and a pocket, wherein the pocket comprises: a suspension device for pivotally coupling the pocket to the guiding rail of the overhead conveyor; a substantially closed back side which comprises, in the perpendicular transport position, an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the lower portion is adjacent to the upper portion in a longitudinal direction of the back side; a cover formed open or substantially closed; a substantially closed front side; and a substantially closed base; characterized in that the back side is formed wider than the cover, the front side, and the base, respectively, so that the back side comprises at least one wing section projecting laterally relative to the front side, which wing section abuts, during transport of the pocket through the loading station, against the deflecting device for rotating the pocket and which lies on the deflecting device in the loading position. an overhead conveyor for transporting pockets along a guiding rail in a downstream conveying direction, wherein the pockets are hanging perpendicularly beneath the guiding rail, and wherein the pockets are orientated substantially horizontally in a loading position; a loading station comprising a deflecting device, wherein the deflecting device comprises an upstream end and a downstream end, and is arranged beneath the guiding rail of the overhead conveyor, wherein the pockets get in contact with the deflecting device during the transport in the conveying direction for rotating the pockets at least initially during a continued transport in the conveying direction from the perpendicular transport position into the substantially horizontal loading position; and a pocket, wherein the pocket comprises: a suspension device for pivotally coupling the pocket to the guiding rail of the overhead conveyor; a substantially closed back side which comprises, in the perpendicular transport position, an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the lower portion is adjacent to the upper portion in a longitudinal direction of the back side; a cover formed open or substantially closed; a substantially closed front side; and a substantially closed base; a suspension device for pivotally coupling the pocket to the guiding rail of the overhead conveyor; a substantially closed back side which comprises, in the perpendicular transport position, an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the lower portion is adjacent to the upper portion in a longitudinal direction of the back side; a cover formed open or substantially closed; a substantially closed front side; and a substantially closed base; characterized in that the back side is formed wider than the cover, the front side, and the base, respectively, so that the back side comprises at least one wing section projecting laterally relative to the front side, which wing section abuts, during transport of the pocket through the loading station, against the deflecting device for rotating the pocket and which lies on the deflecting device in the loading position.