Patent ID: 7750254

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a registration wall; a weighing device located adjacent to the registration wall; a belt drive mechanism extending across the weighing device for advancing a mail piece relative to the weighing device, wherein the belt drive mechanism is located at a first distance from the registration wall; a plurality of inboard skis located substantially at the first distance from the registration wall and located beneath the belt drive mechanism for urging the mail piece upwardly toward the drive belt mechanism; a plurality of outboard skis, coplanar with the plurality of inboard skis for supporting an end of the mail piece to stabilize the mail piece when the mail piece stops as the mail piece is being weighted by the weighing device, wherein the plurality of outboard skis is located at a second distance from the registration wall, and wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance; and wherein the plurality of inboard skis adjust to a thickness of a mail piece that is moved between the inboard skis and the drive belt mechanism, and wherein the plurality of outboard skis adjust to the thickness of the mail piece in response to the adjustment of the inboard skis.