Patent ID: 7314338

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 operative to selectively receive the carrier therein through a first open end, wherein the tubular member is adapted for vertical and pivotal concerted movement between a first substantially vertical position and a second position angularly disposed from the first position; and a carrier cradle assembly mounted in operatively supported connection with the pivot assembly, wherein the carrier cradle assembly is operative to support the carrier in a presented position, wherein the carrier cradle assembly includes: a mounting bracket including a frangible portion, a cradle body mounted in operatively supported connection with the mounting bracket and disposed adjacent the frangible portion, wherein the frangible portion is operative to break when a force greater than a threshold force is exerted substantially horizontally on the cradle body; and a mounting mechanism operative to hold the mounting bracket in operatively supported connection with the pivot assembly.