Carrier apparatus for pneumatic tube delivery system

A carrier apparatus for bidirectional transport through a pneumatic tube delivery system comprising:

• a housing contoured with a pair of opposing end portions and an axially extended body portion disposed therebetween, said housing including at least first and second separable housing sections enclosing a carrying compartment;
• at least a pair of collar assemblies detachably coupled to said housing, each said collar assembly encircling said body portion of said housing to couple said first and second housing sections for pivotal displacement one relative to the other between open and closed configurations, each said collar assembly including at least first and second collar segments connected by a hinged joint and respectively coupled to said first and second housing sections;
• a plurality of glide bands each fastened to one said collar assembly to protrude radially from said housing for slidably engaging an inner wall surface of a pneumatic delivery tube;
• and,
• at least one rotary latch member pivotally coupled to one of said housing sections to releasably lock the other of said housing sections thereto in said closed configuration.

A carrier apparatus for bidirectional transport through a pneumatic tube delivery system comprising:

• a housing contoured with a pair of opposing end portions and an axially extended body portion disposed therebetween, each of said end portions being connected to said body portion by a radially constricted neck portion for defining a grasping handle and contoured to form a freestanding base, said housing including first and second axially separable sections enclosing a carrying compartment;
• at least a pair of collar assemblies detachably coupled to said housing, each said collar assembly encircling said body portion of said housing to couple said first and second housing sections for pivotal displacement one relative to the other between open and closed configurations, each said collar assembly including at least first and second collar segments connected by a hinged joint and respectively coupled to said first and second housing sections;
• a plurality of glide bands each fastened to one said collar assembly to protrude radially from said housing for slidably engaging an inner wall surface of a pneumatic delivery tube;
• at least one rotary latch member pivotally coupled to one of said housing sections for releasably sealing the other of said housing sections thereto in said closed configuration;
• and,
• a plurality of protective end caps each detachably coupled to one of said end portions of said housing, said protective end caps being formed of a material greater in resilience than said housing end portions.