Patent ID: 7210597

Claim:
A box-like container containing flat mailings in an upright position, comprising: a stack support that can be removed from an open top of the container, a base, two narrow end walls, and two lateral longitudinal walls, wherein the mailings have large sides, and wherein the large sides are oriented toward the end walls, wherein inner sides of the lateral longitudinal walls comprise elongated recesses which are open at the top and run in substantially straight lines at substantially regular intervals at substantially right angles to the base, in a longitudinal direction of the lateral longitudinal walls, the recesses being in proximity of the lateral longitudinal walls, wherein the lateral longitudinal walls are wider than slot-like openings of the recesses facing the interior of the container and away from the lateral longitudinal walls, wherein at its two lateral ends, the stack support comprises shaped elements which may be pushed in the elongated recesses through the slot-like openings with a form-fitting connection only at substantially right angles to the base, wherein the base includes longitudinal ribs running substantially parallel to the lateral longitudinal walls, wherein heights of the longitudinal ribs decrease from the lateral longitudinal walls toward a center of the container, wherein the base includes, at the spacing of the recesses, transverse ribs subdivided into partial transverse ribs by the longitudinal ribs, and wherein the stack support pushed completely into the container and provided with cutouts for the longitudinal ribs is supported by the partial transverse ribs and lateral guidance against stacking pressure.