Patent ID: 8025155

Claim:
A mail cart for use in manual sorting of mail pieces, comprising: a generally rectangular frame; wheels mounted on the frame for rolling support of the cart on a floor; a bottom, substantially horizontal shelf secured to the frame; a first inclined shelf secured to the frame above the bottom shelf and spaced from the bottom shelf in a vertical direction, which first inclined shelf extends forwardly and upwardly at an acute angle relative to a horizontal plane; a second inclined shelf secured to the frame above the first inclined shelf and spaced from the first inclined shelf in a vertical direction, which second inclined shelf extends forwardly and upwardly at an acute angle relative to a horizontal plane; and a holding mechanism configured to secure bags placed on the first and second inclined shelves and to releasably hold open mouths of the bags so that the mouths of the bags open in a frontward direction of the cart and are oriented depthwise.