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US 11,104,481 B2Granted
Rigid tray container and method of use
AssigneeUnited States Postal Service
InventorDonald R. Close
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Abstract
Embodiments of this disclosure include a rigid tray container and methods and equipment for using the rigid tray container in batched process operations. In one embodiment, a mass container is sized and dimensioned to receive one or several rigid tray containers. In other embodiments, equipment is configured to lid/unlid, secure, stack, load/unload, and buffer rigid tray containers. In other embodiments, equipment is configured to stack and stage mass containers. In some embodiments, methods are provided for batch processing items.
Claims14
A mass container system comprising:
- a first mass container comprising:
- a first side, the first side comprising a first indexing feature;
- a second side opposite the first side;
- a third side;
- a fourth side opposite the third side, wherein the third and fourth sides are moveably connected to the first side and the second side;
- a bottom connected to the first side and the second side, the bottom comprising a second indexing feature configured to interact with the first indexing feature on a first side of another mass container to allow stacking of mass containers;
- wherein the first side, the second side, the third side, and the fourth side are arranged to bound a volume, the volume configured to receive a plurality of trays;
- a second mass container comprising a first side having a first indexing feature and a bottom comprising an indexing feature;
- and
- a mass container stacker configured to stack the second mass container on the first mass container.
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A mass container system comprising:
- a first mass container comprising:
- a first side, the first side comprising a first indexing feature;
- a second side opposite the first side;
- a third side;
- a fourth side opposite the third side, wherein the third and fourth sides are moveably connected to the first side and the second side;
- a bottom connected to the first side and the second side, the bottom comprising a second indexing feature configured to interact with the first indexing feature on a first side of another mass container to allow stacking of mass containers;
- and
- wherein the first side, the second side, the third side, and the fourth side are arranged to bound a volume, the volume configured to receive and contain a plurality of trays, the plurality of trays comprising five layers of 6 trays per layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.