Assembly for automatically securing a mail item

A system comprising a lift assembly and a tray assembly for securing a mail item, the tray assembly comprising a transport tray, a peripheral frame, a mesh coupled to the peripheral frame and a telescopic rod coupling the transport tray and the peripheral frame, wherein telescoping the telescopic rod varies a distance between the transport tray and the peripheral frame, wherein

• the lift assembly comprises a support adapted to engage the peripheral frame when the tray assembly is moved vertically relative to the support while the support is adapted to not engage the transport tray permitting the transport tray to move vertically past the support, wherein the support is vertically spaced apart from a loading position of the transport tray,
• wherein, when lowering the transport tray into the loading position from above the loading position, the peripheral frame comes to rest on the support before the loading position is reached and, as the transport tray continues to be lowered further to the loading position, the distance between the peripheral frame and the transport tray increases thereby extending the telescopic rod,
• wherein, when the transport tray is in the loading position, the peripheral frame remains in a vertically distanced position predefined by the support that permits placing the mail item on the transport tray between the transport tray and the mesh, and
• wherein raising the transport tray away from the loading position contracts the telescopic rod thereby reducing the distance between the mesh and the transport tray until the mesh rests on the mail item thereby securing the mail item against falling off from the transport tray.