Patent ID: 7316526

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an up receive/down send customer terminal adapted for operative connection with a customer end of a pneumatic transport tube, wherein the customer terminal is adapted to selectively receive a pneumatic carrier therein, wherein the customer terminal includes: a frame; a pivot assembly mounted in operatively supported connection with the frame, wherein the pivot assembly includes a tubular member movably mounted in operative supported connection with the frame, wherein the tubular member includes an open end, wherein the tubular member is operative to receive a pneumatic carrier through the open end, and wherein the tubular member is movable between a first substantially vertical position and a second position, wherein in the second position the open end is laterally disposed relative to the first position; and a carrier cradle assembly mounted in operative supported connection with the pivot assembly, wherein the carrier cradle assembly is operative to support a carrier in a presented position in which at least a portion of the carrier is accessible from outside the terminal, wherein the carrier cradle assembly includes: a mounting bracket, a cradle body, wherein the cradle body is mounted in operative supported connection with the mounting bracket, and a flex mechanism operatively connecting the mounting bracket and the pivot assembly and biasing the mounting bracket and assembly toward an initial position, wherein the flex mechanism is operative to enable a predetermined amount of relative motion of the cradle body and the frame while maintaining the operative connection thereof.