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US 2020/0095020 A1Published application
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 opposite the front face;
- 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;
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- 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.
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