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Mount for use with a postal sorting tray

  • US 5,469,975 A
  • Filed: 12/27/1993
  • Issued: 11/28/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mount for use with a status bar used within a mail sorting tray, said sorting tray including a series of longitudinally slots normalized to a given geographical area or street region, each of said slots being associated with a given address within such geographical area or street region, said status bar comprising a transversely directed leg and a longitudinal directed leg and being color coded to indicate a change in status of at least one addressee associated with a given slot, said mount to be attached to said transversely directed leg of said bar and comprising a first U-shaped member having a pair of coextensive side walls and an end wall defining a tear-drop shaped cavity having a bulbous portion adjacent to said end wall and a declining apex remote from said common end wall, said declining apex being outwardly biasable to permit entry therethrough for the purpose of releasable attachment of at least a card having written indicia about an addressee thereon, said mount including a planar member having a first segment having a broad surface in contact with one of said side walls and a second segment intragally formed within and cantilevered with respect to said first segment, said second segment of said planar member including a stepped bulbous section for attachment to said transversely directed leg of said bar along at least two separate surfaces for rigidizing attachment therebetween.

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