Transport bag for transporting a product in a hanging garment conveyor

A transport pocket for transporting an article in an overhead conveyor, comprising:

• a suspension element by which the transport pocket can be suspended from the overhead conveyor,
• a pocket body having a front wall, a rear wall and a base therebetween, wherein the front wall has an opening, and
• a lever element,
• by which the pocket body is suspended from the suspension element and
• by which the pocket body can be switched between at least two positions in which the front wall and the rear wall assume different relative vertical positions with respect to one another,
• wherein the opening has a lowermost portion that is adjacent to the base, and wherein when the opening is in a first of the at least two positions of the pocket body, the lowermost portion of the opening is above a deepest point of the pocket body for securely housing the article in the pocket body, and
• in a second of the at least two positions of the pocket body, the lowermost portion of the opening is positioned at the deepest point of the pocket body, so that in the second position the article is able to slide out of the pocket body through the opening by gravity.