Patent ID: 7866656

Claim:
A method for handling a first combination of media from a media stack that includes one or more combinations of media, wherein each combination of media comprises a plurality of media and the first combination of media is an uppermost combination of media in the media stack, the method comprising: gripping a first media in the first combination of media, wherein the first media is a media other than an uppermost media in the first combination of media; bending the first combination of media along a first axis while moving the gripped first media away from the media stack; bending the first media along a second axis while contacting the first combination of media with a flexing member, wherein the second axis is at a location different from the first axis; wherein the first combination of media comprises a second media, and the method comprises separating a portion of the second media from the first combination of media prior to gripping the first media, wherein the portion of the second media is less than the entirety of the second media; and further comprising bending the second media along the second axis while contacting the first combination of media with the flexing member.