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

• Current Assignee: Aleksander Fajnsztajn
• Original Assignee: Aleksander Fajnsztajn
• Inventors: Fajnsztajn, Aleksander
• Primary Examiner(s): GIBSON, ROBERT W
• Application Number:
  US08/173,202
• Time in Patent Office: 701 Days
• Field of Search: 211/184, 211/10, 211/11, 211/86, 211/90, 40/642, 40/649, 40/651, 40/658, 40/661, 40/600, 40/641, 40/818
• US Class Current: 211/10
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/204 specially adapted to be attached to a shelf or the like

Abstract

In accordance with the present invention, the L-shaped status bar is modified by the addition of a mount to form a status bar subassembly. In the subassembly, the mount is preferably slidably attached to the status bar by an inverted U-shaped clasp, such U-shaped clasp being open along one side to slidably attach about a vertically extending leg of the L-shaped status bar. Positioned above the U-shaped clasp is a upright U-shaped, indicia supporting frame. The frame includes a pair of side walls and an end wall. The frame is open along one side and attaches to the U-shaped clasp at an opposite common end wall. The cavity formed between the side and end walls of the frame is constructed to receive a card that contains written indicia wherein all data related to an addressee'"'"'s (or addressees'"'"') change in status per slot. In that way, efficiency of service is greatly improved.

Claims

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.

2. A status bar subassembly for use within a mail sorting tray, said tray including series of longitudinally extending 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, comprising

a status bar comprising a transversely directed leg and a longitudinally directed leg and being color coded to indicate a change in status of at least one addressee associated with a given slot,

a mount attached to said transversely directed leg of said status 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.

3. The status bar subassembly of claim 2 wherein said mount includes a second U-shaped member stacked transversely below said first mount having an end wall common with said end wall of said first U-shaped member and a pair of side wails extending from said common end wall to define 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 said transversely directed leg of said status bar for releasably attaching said mount relative to said status bar.

4. The status bar subassembly of claim 2 wherein said mount includes a planar member having a first segment having a broad surface in contact with one of said side walls and a second segment intragally and cantilevered with respect to said first segment and attached to said transversely directed leg of said status bar for attaching said mount relative to said status bar.

5. The status bar subassembly of claim 4 wherein said second segment of said planar member includes a stepped bulbous section for attachment to said transversely directed leg of said status bar along at least two separate surfaces for rigid attachment of said mount relative to said status bar.

6. For use in efficiently sorting mail associated with a given address with a geographical area or street region, the combination comprising

a mail sorting tray including a series of longitudinally extending 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,

a status bar comprising a transversely directed leg and a longitudinally directed leg and being color coded to indicate a change in status of at least one addressee associated with a given slot,

a mount attached to said transversely directed leg of said status 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.

7. The combination of claim 6 wherein said mount includes a second U-shaped member stacked transversely below said first mount having an end wall common with said end wall of said first U-shaped member and a pair of side walls extending from said common end wall to define 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 said transversely directed leg of said status bar for releasably attaching said mount relative to said status bar.

8. The combination of claim 6 wherein said mount includes a planar member having a first segment having a broad surface in contact with one of said side walls and a second segment intragally and cantilevered with respect to said first segment and attached to said transversely directed leg of said status bar for attaching said mount relative to said status bar.

9. The combination of claim 8 wherein said second segment of said planar member includes a stepped bulbous section for attachment to said transversely directed leg of said status bar along at least two separate surfaces for rigid attachment of said mount relative to said status bar.